A newspaper clipping featuring an article on Dr. Jack Davis, who is the dean of the School of Visual arts. Davis hopes that a $4.3 million dollar grant will show public schools that an education based on the arts increases student achievements in all fields. Davis is also co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, an art education consortium, whose belief is that visual image is a powerful learning tool.

A letter from Joan Bush to R. William McCarter about enclosing a proposal for the collaboration between the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and the Professional Development Institute. Attached documents include a budget, a working agreement between NTIEVA and PDI, and a Evaluation Design.

A letter from Vicki J. Rosenberg to D. Jack Davis about a typographical error in their April 17, 1987 letter.

A letter from Vicki J. Rosenberg to R. William McCarter about a typographical error in their April 17, 1987 letter.

A letter from Joan Bush to R. William McCarter proposing a collaboration with the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA). Attachments include: "Working Agreement for Evaluation Assistance for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA)," "Evaluation Design," and "Budget."

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on Dr. William McCarter and Dr. Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts who will recieve a total of $3.43 million to promote the reform of art education in public schools. McCarter said a grant from the Annenberg Foundation will provide $1.43 million and the Getty Center for Education in the Arts will provide $ 2 million in matching funds.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article written by Renee Schafer about her son, Evan coming home from school enthusiastic about something he learned in music class. It got Schafer thinking about how her son's school district has considered down-sizing their arts department due to funding being low, and most administrators believe art and music is fluff. Schafer challenges this notion by stating that her sons music exercise helped him understand fractions.