A press release issued on October 17, 1985, regarding a grant awarded by The Meadows Foundation to establish The Teachers Institute of The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.

A press release issued on October 17, 1985, regarding a grant awarded by The Meadows Foundation to establish The Teachers Institute of The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. A note has been written by hand above the title of the press release.

A daily schedule of the Getty In-Service Program at La Merced Intermediate School on October 10, 15, and 17, 1986.

A newspaper article published in The Dallas Morning News, about the Effie and Wofford Cain Foundation giving $600,000 for the first endowed faculty chairs in the University of Texas at Austin's College of Fine Arts.

A letter from Bev Dana to R. William McCarter dated October 1, 1987, regarding the attached copy of "Learning to Look and Create (The SPECTRA Program): Basic Art - Grade Two."

Photocopy of a letter from Harvey L. Walker, Executive Director for the Effie and Wofford Cain Founation to James J. Muro, Vice President-Development at the North Texas State University, UNT. In regards to Walker requesting that Muro send a revised grant application as soon as possible so that it may be processed in a timely manner and to include new documents needed as requested.

A letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Vicki J. Rosenberg about enclosing a revised timeline and budget for the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, now known as the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Attached documents include the timeline.

A letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Vicki J. Rosenberg about enclosing a revised timeline and budget for the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, now known as the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Attached documents include the revised budget and revised timeline.

Photocopy of a memorandum from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Will May, Ralph Culp, Jan Newcomer, and Rick Sale. In the memo, Davis attached the grant proposal and thanks them for their assistance. In his handwritten note, "P.S. I thought you'd be interested in the untouched letter for Richard Colwell which I received today." Included with the memo is the letter from Richard Colwell, Professor of Music at West California. The letter mentions that the National Center for Research in Arts Education is over and has some ideas for a cooperative plan and would like Davis to share with him their proposal to look over the institution and incorporate similar ideas.

A letter from the Correspondence Examiner to Richard Rafes about the tax codes that can be used for the NTRIEVA organization and Social Security coverage that can be applied to employees.

A letter from a Correspondence Examiner, Internal Revenue Service, to Richard Rafes, General Counsel for University of North Texas, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, about the tax codes that can be used for NTIEVA organization and Social Security coverage that can be applied to employees.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Maggie DiBlasio, Jack Davis, Bill McCarter and Tom McMullen. The memo is in regards to the two directors' meetings, one which will be held December 8 - 9, 1988 in Los Angeles. Rosenberg requests a list of representatives from each institute who will be attending the meeting by October 28. All travel arrangements must be made by November 7.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki J. Rosenberg to D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter about the Texas Regional Institute Implementation Grant application. Rosenberg includes a list of twelve detailed questions for clarification on specific aspects of the implementation plan.

A newsletter, Common Core of Learning Assessment Project, Compact Dialogue, Connecticut Multi-state Performance Assessment Collaborative Team in Math and Science. Compact Dialogue is a monthly publication of the Compact Project a multi-state collaborative effort funded by the National Science Foundation. The newsletter will keep up to date information on all the happenings within the project.

A collective document that gives descriptions of foundations that provide grants for numerous organizations and programs of particular interests. This page is about the American Express Co. American Express Philanthropic Program. American Express offers grant support in arts & humanities, education, arts education, colleges & universities, public education and social services. These pages belong to the desk of Jack Davis, William McCarter and the members of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, as they researched foundations and charities to support their educational reform program.

An invitation to a fund raising seminar for the Deans and Faculty at the University of North Texas for Thursday, October 5, 1989 at the Advancement Center. Included in the invitation is a schedule for the morning and afternoon of the seminar and a list of individuals who have been participating in the fund-raising project who have been invited to the seminar.

A newspaper clipping from The Dallas Morning News, October 4, 1989 about the Sara Lee Corporation. Chairman John Bryan discusses that the company will commit to funding programs for the arts and encourages other business in the community to invest in the arts as well. From the desk of Jack Davis, William McCarter, as they researched foundations and charities to support their education reform program.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to presenters at Student Assessment Meeting. The memo is in regards to questions about the assessment submitted by the regional institute evaluators and directors.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the presenters at the Student Assessment Meeting. The memo is in regards to questions about the assessment submitted by the regional institute evaluators and directors.

An article written by Julie Gilberto for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the UNT led North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts that aids teachers in combining art and regular coursework to better students' education. The piece features a look at students in a classroom where this idea is already being implemented.

A scanned newspaper clipping featuring an article about teacher, Georiga Blaydes and her fifth-grade class room of students undergoing the experimental discipline-based art education program. The students have become as serious about art criticism as professional critics. Changes in art curriculum are being implemented statewide as part of a package of sweeping education reforms approved by the Texas Legislature in 1981. In the article, Ms. Blaydes has been working with the University of North Texas administrators as they plan for a regional center for the visual arts that will promote new art education programs.

A memo from Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, and Connie Newton, to Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. The memo is in regards to a list of questions for the speakers at the upcoming November conference.

A brief description of Connecticut's performance assessments in High School Science and Mathematics, written by Joan Boykoff Baron, Ph.D, Connecticut State Department of Education. The Connecticut State Department of Education received a grant from the National Science Foundation to work with the Coalition of Essential Schools and the State Departments of Education to develop performance assessments in science and mathematics.

A memo from Julie Abel, program associate of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Jack Davis, Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and Connie Newton. The memo is in regards to questions they sent in prior correspondence for the speakers at the Assessment Meeting in November. However, the questions arrived a week late and were not sent to the speakers. She requests that they bring the questions to the meeting.