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Item 2001 Minnesota State Survey - Part I: Results and Technical Report.(Minnesota Center for Survey Research (MCSR), 2001) Minnesota Center for Survey ResearchItem 2004 Minnesota State Survey. Results and Technical Report.(Minnesota Center for Survey Research (MCSR), 2004) Minnesota Center for Survey ResearchItem Arts for Academic Achievement: Case Study Cross-Case Analysis(Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, 2000-09) Wahlstrom, KylaThe overall goal for the Arts for Academic Achievement: The Annenberg Challenge in Minneapolis project (AAA) seeks to change the ways in which teachers teach and students learn in order to increase student achievement. In order to obtain a more detailed view of the activities that are occurring in the schools involved in AAA, the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota selected six schools, out of the 43 participating schools, as case study sites in order to study the process more fully. The schools selected as case sites include three elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools. CAREI has been engaged with the members of the AAA teams at each of the six schools for the past two years, 1998-2000.Item Arts for Academic Achievement: Images of Arts Infusion in Elementary Classrooms(Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, 2003-02) Wahlstrom, KylaThis paper presents the findings from a longitudinal research study of the experiences and conditions in which community-based artists have been blended into everyday, on-going instruction in six Minneapolis elementary schools. Along with an earlier paper, “Arts Integration—A Vehicle for Changing Teacher Practice,” this paper substantiates and deepens what was first described by teacher participants in group interviews. The methodology for this current study utilized extensive classroom observation conducted over time. The six schools studied were part of a larger district-wide arts integration initiative, where a total of 43 schools were involved in the Annenberg Arts for Academic Achievement Project. Within each of the six selected schools presented in this paper are individual and teams of classroom teachers who have worked with the same artist over the course of one to three years. The classroom teachers and teaching artists were observed on twenty-two different occasions by observer-researchers from CAREI over the course of a year.Item Funding the Arts in the Rural: Is it time to pay attention to bias and barriers?(2017-05) Jeub, Heidi ARural communities make up 20% of the American population yet receive less than 7% of governmental and foundation funding. In the arts, this gap can be attributed more to historic bias against rural artists and arts communities, as well as systematic distribution methods of funding and resources. By identifying barriers that exist within arts funding pipelines, solutions then can be explored for both the funders and underrepresented rural communities. Most of these solutions lie within the small arts organizations and the artists in those communities. Arts funders and institutions often employ a system of validation as a means to decide artistic excellence, likely unaware that these validators serve as a barrier to artists from rural communities. By looking at sector terminology, this paper will unpack the marginalization of rural communities, and actions that could resolve biases. The use of intermediaries and regional arts organizations to generate support, share knowledge, and cross local sectors locally will be examined. This paper examines all of these systems in order to identify ways to better serve rural communities, as an essential part of the art sector.Item Hmong Odyssey: A History and a Play. Project Report.(1999) Berry, Jon MItem Implementing Arts for Academic Achievement: The Impact of Mental Models, Professional Community and Interdisciplinary Teaming(Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, 2003-07) Seashore, Karen; Anderson, Amy; Riedel, EricThe following paper explores the impact of several factors on the implementation of the Annenberg-funded Arts for Academic Achievement program in the Minneapolis Public Schools. using survey data collected from elementary teachers in spring 2001. This program sought to increase the integration of theatre, music, visual arts, and other art forms into core curriculum as a means of increasing overall academic achievement. Specifically, we examine the contributions of two important sociological concepts related to teaching practice: mental models and professional community, along with the specific teaching strategy of interdisciplinary teaming as employed in the program.Item Neighborhood Bridges: 2010-2011 Evaluation Report(Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, 2011-07) Ingram, DebraNeighborhood Bridges is a nationally recognized literacy program using storytelling and creative drama to help children develop their critical literacy skills and to transform them into storytellers of their own lives. In 2010-2011, students in twenty-five classrooms from eleven schools in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area participated in The Children’s Theatre Company’s Neighborhood Bridges (Bridges) program. The Children’s Theatre Company contracted with the University of Minnesota’s Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) to evaluate Bridges in these classrooms. The purpose of the evaluation was to measure the quality of Bridges implementation and assess student learning in the areas of writing; knowledge and skills in theatre; retelling and dramatization; and critical literacy. Highlights from the results of the evaluation study are discussed below.Item Neighborhood Bridges: 2012-2013 Evaluation Report(Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, 2013-07) Ingram, DebraNeighborhood Bridges is a nationally recognized literacy program using storytelling and creative drama to help children develop their critical literacy skills and to transform them into storytellers of their own lives. In 2012-2013, a total of 640 students in grades three through six from twenty-three classrooms in eleven schools across the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area participated in the Neighborhood Bridges (Bridges) program of The Children’s Theatre Company (CTC). This report presents the results of an evaluation of the Bridges program. CTC contracted with the University of Minnesota’s Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) to conduct the study. The purpose of the evaluation was to measure the quality of Bridges implementation and assess student learning in the areas of writing; knowledge and skills in theatre; retelling and dramatization and critical literacy.Item Northside Cultural Arts Feasibility Study.(1998) George, AllisonItem Sidewalk Poetry in the Streets of Northfield: Library Tour(2015) Paddock, Paul; Spensley, Phillip; Kruggel, JasperAn interactive story map tour of sidewalk poetry throughout one of Minnesota's historic river towns. This story map library tour application shows where various lines of poetry are stamped within the area sidewalks and neighborhoods of Northfield, MN. The tour is also accompanied with pictures and audio clips for map users to view/play back each poem if they desire. To engage, the map user chooses a section from tabs at the top and selects a poem either by numbered tag on the map, or from a thumbnail strip on the bottom. The map then zooms to that location and reveals that poem's panel. Each poem marker was GPS'ed, photographed, and indicated by a stop number which, once clicked, shows the poem's picture, text, and sometimes an audio clip read aloud by a Northfield resident. Essentially the app is used in a guided touring fashion, noting each stop in order on the map. The app itself was produced as part of a project for the Northfield Arts and Culture Commission, but intended for its residents and the public for artistic appreciation and hope to share aspects of the town's culture/values to people regardless of their location. People can explore these poems and let their words resonate with them not only at each stop, but in the comfort of their whereabouts. An average of 9-10 poems are selected each year to be stamped in different neighborhoods around town. Many are placed in the historic downtown area. Other copies are seen in residential neighborhoods. The Sidewalk Poetry Project in Northfield began in 2011 and expresses core missions to celebrate the role of the arts in supporting a high quality of life, enhancing economic vitality, fostering a sense of community, and engaging citizens of all ages, abilities, and interests in making and appreciating the arts.Item Strategic Digital Engagement: Developing a Digital Content Strategy for your Staff and Organization(2016-05) Briel, LannEvidence suggests technology has created audiences that demand engagement from their cultural organizations the same way they demand entertainment from their traditional broadcasting sources. Digital technology, the internet, and social media have given arts organizations and artists new ways to promote events, engage with new patrons, and maintain relationships with existing audiences. This broadcasting power begins with content, production of videos, graphics, audio files, and editorial content, otherwise known as assets. How efficiently and effectively these assets are archived, repurposed, and broadcast across an organization's media channels is dependent upon its leadership's digital media strategy. Generating a strategic digital framework around mission, vision, and values helps organizations foster new relationships, connect to new audiences, and establish brand identity.Item Working Effectively with Somali Residents through the Arts: Collective Wisdom from the Cedar Riverside Neighborhood(Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 2009-05-11) Byrd, Erika; Gadwa, Anne