Arts Education

Every child in Los Angeles County should have access to standards-based, quality, sequential arts education—an arts curriculum taught by a qualified teacher, is ongoing and meaningful, and tied to learning in other critical subjects, such as science, math, and English.  We've collected blogs and articles about arts education below.  You may also be interested in this list of Arts Education blogs, compiled by The Art Masters.

In fall 2012, there will likely be an initiative on the state ballot designed to increase revenue to California public schools.  For an overview of the three most likely initiatives, please click here to download a one-sheet created by Educate Our State. 

Quick Resources:

• Why Arts Education: One-sheet outlines the importance of arts instruction to a 21st-century education.  Available as a PDF in English and Spanish.
• Title 1 & Arts Education: Title 1 funding can be used for arts education.  Find out more in this one-sheet, available as a PDF in English and Spanish.
• Arts for All Website: Los Angeles County Arts for All is the county-wide collaboration working to create vibrant classrooms, schools, communities and economies through the restoration of all arts disciplines into the core curriculum for each of our 1.6 million public K-12 students.