PCAE Professional Development&Research

Publications

21st Century Learning and Minnesota School District Accountability Systems The newly revised Minnesota Academic Standards in the Arts offer school districts focused and sequential learning targets that lead to high levels of cognitive activity. How will we work to realize the promise of incremental, spiraling curriculum to support the highest level of student learning for the 21st Century? Full text.
Linking Education Policy & Classroom Practice Current research and information from arts and education thought-leaders.
April 2008	Revisiting balanced curriculum and assessment systems
Sept 2008	Twenty-first century skills – education for the global economy

Artful Teaching and Learning Handbook Art-based and arts-infused tools, processes and examples for helping all students achieve high academic standards.
Engaging Students in the Arts: Creating, Performing, and Responding A framework for creating arts experiences and curriculum for students at all levels: primary, intermediate, middle, and high school.
Frameworks for Arts Curriculum Strategies A toolbox of ideas and suggestions for using the arts in teaching and learning. Includes unit plans, lesson plans and assessment tasks for grades K-12.
Arts, Education and Policy Briefings Archived newsletters from Professional Research and Development.
Dance Education Initiative Curriculum Guide Aresource for K-16 dance educators and teaching artists.