Advocacy

This page was developed to disseminate information about art education advocacy in Georgia and around the country.

Links to the following topics will be added as developed.

• GAEA Legislative Agenda
• Grassroots Efforts
• Important Reasons to Support Arts Education in Public Schools for Georgia Children

The following sites have important information about arts education that might be useful in your grassroot advocacy efforts.

• Americans for the Arts
• Kennedy Center ArtsEd
• Richard Riley, U.S. Secretary of Ed. - New Challenges, A New Resolve: Moving American Ed. into the 21st Century. The 6th Annual State of Amer. Ed. Speech, Long Beach, CA. Feb. 16, 1999
• Champions of Change Report download
• National Conference of State Legislatures - 1998 Art Education Policies
• National PTA Art Advocacy
• Learning Through the Arts - New Horizons for Learning
• Job Statistics U.S. Dept. Of Labor - Bureau of labor Statistics