RAND: The Arts: Featured Projects 2009-10-29T18:03:48Z Copyright (c) 2007-2008, The RAND Corporation Bricolage RAND Corporation urn:uuid:8DC910B6-4FFB-11DB-8C05-35351D4D57CE Improving Arts Learning Opportunities for Pittsburgh Public Schools Students urn:uuid:8734A414-C253-11DD-B96B-E7D738788F35 2008-12-01T03:00:00Z 2008-12-01T03:00:00Z This evaluation of arts education in grades K-12 in Pittsburgh public schools finds strengths in the school district's program hampered by uneven access and weak partnerships with community arts organizations, both perhaps due to the lack of a comprehensive district-wide arts education policy. How Local Arts Education Systems Can Deliver High-Quality Learning urn:uuid:EDEC38CA-4FF0-11DB-A7A2-35351D4D57CE 2007-02-16T03:00:00Z 2007-02-16T03:00:00Z A RAND Education project is analyzing six local attempts to improve arts education for children. The study examines how collaborative and coordinated efforts strive to achieve high-quality arts learning experiences across communities. Reinventing the State Arts Agency: The Search for New Missions and Roles urn:uuid:905DFC0C-4FF0-11DB-B104-35351D4D57CE 2005-10-12T03:00:00Z 2005-10-12T03:00:00Z State arts agencies provide more than half of all public-sector arts funding in the United States. The State Arts Partnerships for Cultural Participation (START) initiative was designed to help them develop new and more effective ways of encouraging greater local participation in the arts and culture. This study is looking at the new strategies emerging from that initiative. Examining the State of the Arts in America urn:uuid:C264E7A6-4FF0-11DB-939C-35351D4D57CE 2005-02-15T03:00:00Z 2005-02-15T03:00:00Z What are the overall trends affecting the arts in the last few decades, and what do they imply about the future of the arts in America? A series of studies seeks to address this question, each report focusing on a different art form.