To support the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s “Schoolyards to Skylines: Teaching with Chicago’s Amazing Architecture,” which is both a curriculum resource and series of teacher and student programs about the language and history of Chicago’s built environment.

To support the third year of “American Art in Classroom Teaching,” a professional development and curriculum development program for K–8 teachers organized by the Chicago Teachers’ Center of Northeastern Illinois University.

To support four teacher courses on American art during the summer of 2008. Each fifteen-hour course serves fifteen K–12 teachers, primarily from the Chicago Public Schools. Participants learn about American art and artists on which they will base studio projects appropriate for the classroom and learn writing activities and approaches to guiding discussions about art that can be used with students.

To support the 2008 “American Art Partners” summer institute, which serves Chicago Public School elementary school teachers and three “American Art Partners” institute participants and their students.

To support the production of a new version of the museum’s American Art Manual, a curriculum resource for K–12 teachers, and a related professional development program. The publication will feature twenty-five objects from the museum’s collection, along with descriptions, contextual and biographical information, suggested classroom activities, and a timeline.