UNT to work with area schools in national arts experiment (open access)

UNT to work with area schools in national arts experiment

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on the University of North Texas partnering with the Annenberg Foundation, the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, the National Arts Education Consortium to bring six metroplex elementary schools and thirty others nationwide in a $15 million experiment for education reform. The five-year grant will provide professional development, implementation of arts curricula and school reform strategies.
Date: April 2, 1997
Creator: In House
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Visual Arts] (open access)

[Visual Arts]

A newspaper clipping featuring a snippet on the current projects at the University of North Texas. Six North Texas elementary schools were selected to participate in the nationwide $15 million Arts Partner Schools project. Each school will receive $25,000 - $35,000 annually for five years that cove teacher training, curriculum development, and testing to see if a comprehensive cross curricular approach to teaching visual arts has a positive effect on childhood education.
Date: April 6, 1997
Creator: Tyson, Janet
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNT takes program to Metroplex schools (open access)

UNT takes program to Metroplex schools

A scanned newspaper clipping featuring an article written about the University of North Texas and their education reform program developed by staff William McCarter and Jack Davis. The education reform program is an experiment on the children in their classrooms by teaching them different methods of arts education. McCarter states that research has shown that arts expand all areas of the curriculum by tapping into higher-level thinking skills and that art makes a measurable difference in test scores. The funding, worth up to $15 million will be divided into thirty-six schools, six in Texas, to receive up to $35,000 in funding services for five years.
Date: April 22, 1997
Creator: Breeding, Lucinda
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNT takes program to Metroplex schools (open access)

UNT takes program to Metroplex schools

A scanned newspaper clipping featuring an article written about the University of North Texas and their education reform program developed by staff William McCarter and Jack Davis. The education reform program is an experiment on the children in their classrooms by teaching them different methods of arts education. McCarter states that research has shown that arts expand all areas of the curriculum by tapping into higher-level thinking skills and that art makes a measurable difference in test scores. The funding, worth up to $15 million will be divided into thirty-six schools, six in Texas, to receive up to $35,000 in funding services for five years.
Date: April 22, 1997
Creator: Breeding, Lucinda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Schools expand arts teaching (open access)

Schools expand arts teaching

A newspaper clipping on the University of North Texas in Denton working with six local elementary schools to implement comprehensive arts education over the next five years as part of a $15 million experiment in education reform. The education reform is "Art Partner Schools" granting anywhere from $25,000 - $35,000 annually for five years to thirty-six elementary schools. Sent from the office of Jack Davis to colleagues, keeping track of the "University of North Texas in the news."
Date: April 7, 1997
Creator: Cuellar, Chaterine
System: The UNT Digital Library