Arts Education
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- LAUSD Arts at the Core Resolution.pdf [PDF 210.03 KB]
- AFLA-ArtsEdbenefits-ENGL.pdf [PDF 2.92 MB]
- AFLA-ArtsEdbenefits-SPAN.pdf [PDF 2.92 MB]
- Title 1 Funds and Arts Education- English.pdf [PDF 665.71 KB]
- Title 1 Funds and Arts Education- SPANISH.pdf [PDF 689.84 KB]
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.
Arts for LA Releases Inaugural Annual Report for 2011-2012
Tue, 12/18/2012 - 9:00am
Arts for LA is pleased to announce we have compiled a comprehensive Annual Report detailing our activities over the course of the last year.
"The annual report is a great... Read more
CA Dept of Ed Adds "Arts Ed" to Distinguished Schools Recognition
Fri, 12/14/2012 - 1:11pm
Each year the California Department of Education acknowledges exemplary schools in its "Distinguished Schools" program. For the 2013 program, Superintendent Tom Torlekson has re-instituted its Arts Education category.
... Read more
SMMUSD 5th Graders Embrace "Ballroom Madness"
Mon, 12/10/2012 - 1:47pm
As part of the Arts for All Residency Grant Program, arts provider Ballroom Madness and McKinley Elementary School... Read more
Arts for All and Arts for LA Announce Arts Education Support for LA County School Districts
Mon, 11/26/2012 - 2:15pm
Arts for All, Los Angeles County’s collaborative effort to ensure curriculum in all public schools includes the arts, recently announced that four new districts and one charter school group have joined the initiative. Of the eighty-one... Read more
Arts for All Welcomes New Leadership
Mon, 11/19/2012 - 9:12am
Arts for All recently announced the arrival of arts education leader Denise Grande to fill its vacant director position, while successful philanthropy consultant Rachel Levin stepped into the co-chair position of Arts for All’s pooled fund, which helps oversee the disbursement of grant funds in the Arts... Read more
