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Arts Education Month is Back
It's that time of year where arts education advocates come together to show policymakers that supporting the arts is vital to a high quality education. Need ideas for how to reach the people at the top this March? Visit our March for Arts Education toolkit for the three things you can do to make March count for arts education.
Want to get your school board behind your effort? Visit our new toolkit, Winning School Board Support for Arts Learning for ideas, examples, tools and resources for effective engagement of your school leaders.
Voices of Innovation
Gary Steuer took his post as Chief Cultural Office of Philadelphia in late 2008 and transformed the defunct Office of Arts and Culture into the Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy. Listen to what Gary says about efforts to revitalize the arts community of Philadelphia.
Peralta & Lincoln Elementary Schools Earn Title I Achievement Awards
Two of Alameda County's elementary schools have earned the coveted Title 1 Achievement Award. This honor goes to schools that produce sterling academic results while serving a socio-economically disadvantaged population. Peralta's school principal, Rosette Costello, credits much of her school's success to arts education: "Our dedication to joyful, enthusiastic learning has a strong grounding in the arts."
Saving Grace in the City of Angeles
Arts advocates in Los Angeles have spoken and it's because of them that a proposal to erase $4 million in city council grants has been taken off the table. Read our blog post about Arts for LA's efforts to keep arts alive in California.
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission is now accepting applications for the Arts for All Arts Education Professional Development Directory on LAArtsEd.org. LAArtsEd.org is Arts for All’s online resource to support school districts and their community partners in building classroom partnerships. The Web site provides best practices in arts education and ways to increase the capacity of districts and teachers to deliver quality arts instruction.