Institute Publications
The Institute prepares program reports and materials about activities conducted as part of the programs. To view these reports, please click on the links below.

A Continuum of Integrating the Arts into K-12 Education (PDF)
A brief document demonstrating varying levels of intensity, depth, and frequency of arts integration.

National Overture of Education and the Arts in Ohio, 2005

The Role of the Arts in Effective Teaching and Learning (PDF)
In this panel discussion among educators and leaders in Stark County, Ohio, panelists discussed their own childhood experiences learning through the arts and how those experiences impacted their adult lives. Facilitated by Canton Repository reporter Charita Goshay, the conversation concluded with specific suggestions and a call to action to increase this generation’s interaction with the arts.

A Principals’ Discussion on The Value of Integrating the Arts (PDF)
This roundtable discussion, held February 26, 2005, between several Columbus, Ohio principals, shares administrators' support for arts-integrated education and identifies the need for other administrators to learn more about how the arts bolster student achievement.

Integrating Literacy, Learning and Arts Education: Building on the African-American Experience (PDF)
This event, held October 21, 2005, was the first in a series of professional development workshops for teachers, Teaching Literacy Through the Arts, developed by the Institute for Education and the Arts and the Columbus Public Schools. This publication includes the perspectives of Dr. Cynthia B. Dillard, Associate Professor at The Ohio State University College of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning, and Ms. Tei Street, Director of Education for the City of Columbus, Ohio.

National Overture of Education and the Arts in New Mexico, 2004

Arts and the Future of Education: Report and Next Steps from the National Overture of Education and the Arts in New Mexico (PDF)
The Institute's full report on its 2004 National Overture in New Mexico.
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Executive Summary: Arts and the Future of Education (PDF)
A two-page summary of the report's key points.

A Discussion of Best Practices in Arts Education: Perpsectives on Meaningful Arts-Integrated Education - Roundtable Transcript (PDF)
Moderated by Kristin Fontichiaro and featuring representatives from New Mexico schools, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, the National Dance Institute, the Lensic Theatre, and more
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Using Sixteenth Century Choir Books to Jumpstart Classroom Investigation (PDF)
This document, with historical perpsectives by Jon Newsom, Chief of the Music Division at the Library of Congress, discusses how the Library of Congress used historical artifacts to initiate meaningful classroom discussion during the National Overture in New Mexico. 

National Overture of Education and the Arts in Michigan, 2003

Best Practices in Arts Education - Michigan Roundtable (PDF)
Moderated by Kristin Fontichiaro and featuring representatives from the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District, Carnegie Hall, Interlochen Arts Academy, the Library of Congress, and more.