More Advocacy Resources

We have a variety of advocacy resources designed to help you along the way, from students, to parents and from principals and school administration to Boards of Education and State Representatives. To learn about how we can help you and provide resources custom to your needs, contact us. Below are some of our favorite advocacy resources. 

TDOE Resources

• Tennessee’s ESSA Plan (and other resources)
• Tennessee ePlan (online platform, funding/school improvement plans; resources; district funding app public view)
• TN State of the Arts
• Tennessee Arts Education Data Project (TN-AEDP)
• About the Arts Education Data Project

Title IV Resources

• Arts Education Partnership: ESSA and the Arts; ESSA: Mapping Opportunities for the Arts
• Title IV-A Coalition
• NAfME ESSA/Title IV Toolkit
• VH1 Save the Music Toolkit
• ESSA Network/Title I

Other Helpful Arts Education Resources

• Arts Education Partnership
• ArtScan
• ArtsEdSearch (powerful database of curated studies and articles about arts education)
• State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) – includes resources, position statements, white papers, national conference; current focus “Arts & SEL,” past focus includes: STEAM/Arts Integration, etc.
• "How to Used Advocacy Stats to your Best Advantage" by Marcia Neel. Printed in School Band and Orchestra Magazine, July 2016
• Facts and Quotes about Music Education | Compiled by The NAMM Foundation. Updated February 9, 2017