Effective partnerships engage multiple community sectors. Good community arts and education partnerships involve multiple artistic and academic disciplines. The arts are valued for themselves and for their capacity to enhance student learning. Sustained partnerships are concerned comprehensively with education. Partnerships are best sustained when there is support at all levels of partner organizations.
Effective partnerships invest in the professional development of their personnel.
Partner institutions learn and change. Evaluation and documentation helps achieve partnership goals. Effective partnerships attract sustained funding. Good partnerships require persistence and patience. The Arts Education Partnership is funded by a cooperative agreement between the US Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Arts managed by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies .