Multi Disciplinary Resource

Arts Education Partnership

One Massachusetts Ave., NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC  20001-1431
Phone: (202) 326-8693
Fax: (202) 408-8081
Website: http://www.aep-arts.org
Email: aep@ccsso.org

Primary Function of Organization:
Advocacy, Arts Education, Education, Research

Likely groups interested in this resource:
Arts Administrators, Arts Educators, Community Organization Administrators, Educators, Parents

Since its founding in 1995, the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) has become the primary forum and meeting ground for organizations to explore how the arts can transform American education. Partnership organizations have led the national movement to establish education standards that include the arts. They have conducted and published groundbreaking research on the impact of learning in the arts on student achievement. And they have identified the policies and practical steps that will enable schools and school districts to achieve educational excellence by incorporating the arts into teaching and learning. Partnership teams are at work in every state. The teams consist of representatives from state departments of education, state arts agencies and state alliances for arts education as well as the state and local affiliates of national Partnership organizations. The Partnership maintains an electronic network of state and local teams and partnerships and provides training and resources to strengthen their impact. The Partnership issues reports and documentation of all of its meetings and activities available in PDF format. The Arts Education Partnership publishes research and advocacy materials supporting the role of arts education in schools. The Partnership maintains a listserv through which organizations share and receive timely information on issues relevant to arts education at the national and state levels.