The mission of the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N) is to increase high school graduation rates and reduce school dropout rates through research, research dissemination, and the provision of evidence-based solutions. It accomplishes these goals by serving as a clearinghouse and network for evidence-based information that supports dropout
prevention. The NDPC/N provides technical assistance and other professional assistance to school districts in the United States, all in support of dropout prevention. Fifteen effective strategies (National Dropout Prevention Center/Network, n.d.) guide the work of the NDPC/N. This paper touches on several strategies as they relate to the arts and dropout prevention. The topics in this paper include (a) arts and dropout prevention, (b) arts and student engagement, and (c) identifying and developing career pathways in the arts.
The Bottom Line Report: Do Arts Organizations Bring in Enough Money to Cover Expenses?
The Bottom Line Report examines trends by organizational size, sector, and geography. Following earlier data releases on marketing and fundraising trends, staffing, and expenses, this is the latest edition of NCAR’s reports on the U.S. cultural sector, which provide information that allows arts leaders to benchmark and make evidence-based decisions to overcome challenges and increase their impact.
Arts, Culture and Transportation: A Creative Placemaking Field Scan
This study explores transportation challenges and seeks to identify how arts and culture can contribute to solutions.
ESSA: Mapping opportunities for the arts
This special report highlights the ways that states and districts can engage the arts in the ongoing work of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Designed to continue growing as ESSA implementation proceeds, this report currently contains chapters exploring the opportunities for arts education within the following topics: Accountability, Assessments, Stakeholder Engagement, State Plans, Tiers of Evidence, Title I and a Well-Rounded Education.
The art of Head Start: Intensive arts integration associated with advantage in school readiness for economically disadvantaged children
The present study examined the impact of intensive arts integration on school readiness for economically disadvantaged children attending Head Start preschool. Participants were 265 children, ages 3-5 years.
What Are the Paradigm Shifts Necessary for the Arts Sector to Nurture Thriving Institutions of Color?
Is the desire for organizations to “maintain [their]
own viability” or be “able to be supported with the basic necessities or sufficient funds”?
Yancey Consulting found that sustainability is the start but not the end. More viable operating conditions are irrefutably desired, but organizations ultimately aspire to thrive
[“flourish,” “prosper,” and “grow vigorously”].
So, for the context of this report, our findings and analyses for moving toward sustainability are intended as critical steps in creating a more equitable environment for historically disinvested arts and culture organizations to thrive.
