An essay written by Dr. Elliot W. Eisner explaining Discipline-Based Art Education and how it defends the place of art in schools. This essay was approved and offered through the Getty Center for Education in the Arts.

A comprehensive document, offering a detailed exploration of Burton Hill Elementary School's transformative journey through the "Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge" grant application process within the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD).

A document about Leonard Middle School's application for the Partner Schools Program. Included is the Application Evaluation Checklist, meticulously filled out to assess the school's eligibility and alignment with program criteria.

A document providing an in-depth exploration of the grant application submitted by North Hi Mount Elementary School, accompanied by the attached Application Evaluation Checklist.

A newsletter, Education Week, American Education's Newspaper of Record, Editorial Projects in Education, Vol. 8, No. 11. Featuring an article, "In Pittsburgh: New Approaches to Testing Track Arts 'Footprints'." 7th grade violinist listen to two versions of "Chop Sticks" and are asked to write about what was good or bad about the performances, what could be better and how the ensemble can improve it. The exercise is part of an experiment research program in music, visual arts and creative writing by Harvard University's Project Zero, the Educational Testing Services and Pittsburgh Public Schools known as Arts Propel.

A meticulous evaluation of Greenbriar Elementary School's grant application, complete with an Application Evaluation Checklist.

A document providing an in-depth exploration of Oakhurst Elementary School's grant application proposal, showcasing the school's innovative initiatives and strategic vision. Additionally, the attached application evaluation checklist serves as a comprehensive tool used to assess and rate key aspects of the proposal.

A telecopied letter requesting for proposals on learning in and/or through the arts. Included are detailed instructions on what the organization is looking for.

A newsletter, Educational Leadership, Opening Up Assessment by Dennie Palmer Wolf. From students' projects, portfolios, and interviews, Pittsburgh art teachers participating in Arts Propel are learning to "read" students' growth in learning. Arts Propel is a three-way collaborative project to look at what the arts teach and how the arts teachers examine their students. The newsletter is updated with information on the arts propel project and the research behind arts education.

A newsletter of Horace, vol. 12, No. 5 published by The Coalition of Essentials Schools at Brown University. The newsletter is featuring an article on the arts and arts education in regards to school curriculum reformation. Educators understand that the arts provide schools with a powerful alternative model of teaching and learning and they fear that aesthetics, criticism, creation and art history will be "watered down." Teachers use art and arts education to assess students' perceptions, productions and their reflection of artistic learning.

A Journal of Aesthetic Education, Vol. 22, No. Artistic Learning: What and Where Is It? by Dennie Palmer Wolf. The journal has two pictures of student work that was made twelve years apart and a series of questions that about the altered roles of the final productions. The prints and questions come from an intensive study of artistic thinking known as Arts Propel. Propel is a collaboration between research and educators to assess artistic development.

A document combining the meticulous evaluation process through an Application Evaluation Checklist and the filled Grant Application for Daggett Elementary School, a dedicated participant in the Partner Schools Program.

A comprehensive document detailing The Ohio Partnership for the Visual Arts' presentation of the Comprehensive Arts Education Audit in Newark, Ohio.

A memo from Sheila Brown and Margaret Proskovec, to Prairie Visions Superintendents and Contact Persons. The memo is in regards to the Nebraska schools being offered an opportunity to participate in a 23 state partnership of educators and public broadcasters that provides quality interactive education via satellite. The memo also announces a two teleworkshop that will be broadcast nationally.

Photocopy of a letter from Mark H. Shaffer to Dr. R. William McCarter about filling publication requests that were made in a previous letter. Some were able to be fulfilled completely while others were only able to be partially completed. They are however granted permission to photocopy the partially fulfilled publications. A list of the publications, videotapes and information for ordering the extra publications is included following the letter. Three sections from this added document are marked with brackets.

List of publications and recorded presentations from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts from the 1980s.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article about Fort Worth ISD being high in art education grades. The article goes into the fact that arts education has been around since the 1950s but there never has been such an interest until now, art education is being re-examined. Art is being viewed as important to all students as a means of enchaining learning and other disciplines such as math and science. The article continues into the hard work that Getty Center and the education reformation program has undergone to see changes in the schools curriculum.

A paper by Karen A. Hamblen presented to the American Educational Research Association in San Francisco, CA between April 16 and April 20, 1986, containing information about art criticism.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Sue Pacey, Executive Director, Young Audiences of Greater Dallas. In regards to a meeting Davis had with Pacey to discuss a collaborative effort between North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and Young Audiences. Enclosed with the letter is a copy of a paper on accountability with is intended to appear in the Winter 1993 Studies in Art Education.

Improving Instruction in Visual Arts Education program, a National Diffusion Network Project funded by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. Included in the program is a daily schedule for Art Education Consultants' seminar July 24 - 29, 1989. Also enclosed in the program is a summary of the theory and practice of discipline-based art education.

A document containing an overview of the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts' Curriculum, Instructional, and Resource Materials Committee and a report with 8 appendices. Table of contents appears on the third page.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on Barry Munitz, California State University Chancellor, who is leaving the University and accepting his position as President and CEO of the Getty Trust. Cal State trustees are confident in finding a good candidate to take over the position left by Munitz, in part because Munitz had boosted their system's image.

Art Education: Creative Birthright by Fran Bolte, Nancy Reynolds, Kelly Spragins, Pam Stephens and Donna Stovall. The document opens up with a statement on human beings around the world are inherently creative, capable of reflecting ideas, values and emotions but brings up the question as to why so many in society lose this creative birthright into the adulthood. It is because of the rush to reform education and how creativity is often left behind. The document details why art and art education is important to the children and to the public school system.

An article, Art Expression, Art Skills, and Continued Artistic Development of Children by Michael Day. Literature in the field of Art Education has distinguished to three domains of art learning, critical domain which refers to the individuals response to art, the making of critical judgement and the ability to discus art with others. The cultural or historical domain, refers to the knowledge and understanding that surround a work of art within the milieu. The productive domain, refers to the making of art objects. Day's article, he'll focuses on the productive domain and the creative mediums of artwork.