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.

Hispanic Outlook magazine, featuring an article on the Getty Trust. The Getty Center has seven realms under their belt, museums, five institutions and a grant program, their mission is to reach out to groups, typically groups that are underrepresented in the art world. The Getty shows that students who take art courses consistently score higher in both math and verbal parts of the SATs, as such the Getty Education Institute for the Arts has teamed with the Annenberg Foundation and the National Arts Education Consortium to select and fund thirty-six Arts Partner Schools.

A report summary in regards to the Getty Center for the Arts in Education in support of North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts at the University of North Texas for $601. Mentioned are co-directors Jack Davis and William McCarter. Also mentioned is the Marcus Foundation in support of NTIEVA for $60,000.

A page from the "In House" newsletter, published by the University of North Texas. This page details information of upcoming guest lecturers for professors and educators. Dr. Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, is featured on the list for his lecture "DBAE: What's Working? What's Not?" Davis, Dr. William McCarter and Nancy Reynolds, on their lecture "A Report on the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts," April 1-5. McCarter, and Nancy Berry's lecture, "DBAE Institute Impacts on Communities" April 1-5. Reynolds' lecture, "Cultural Diversity: Integrating Multicultural Perspectives." Reynolds and McCarter's lecture, "The Retablo and Beyond: A Cross-cultural View on Personal Shrines." April 1-5. Also featured on the newsletter are educators publications, Davis' publication "Art Education in the 1990s: Meeting the Challenges of Accountability," Studies in Art Education, winter 1993, vol. 34, no. 2. McCarter's publication "U.S. - Latin American Relations," Magazine of History," fall 1992, Organization of American Histories.

A memo from North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts that goes over the institutes major achievements, activities, projects, changes, issues, and grants from May 1 - August 31, 1993.