12 California Students Receive Reflections
Arts Recognition at the National PTA ConventionTo read about California's winners, click here. To learn more about the Reflections program, click here. For a complete list of the National PTA Reflections award winners, click here.
The 2010 Reflections theme:
"Beauty is ..."
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Help spread the word about the arts
Here is
a PSA to share with parents, elected officials and local media on why the arts are so critical
to learning. Click on the image at right to watch Carol Channing and other artists talk about how crucial the arts are for every child's education.
If you are willing to personally deliver a DVD copy of this
Public Service Announcement to a TV station in your local area, or if you would
like to show it at a local event, please click here for a free copy.
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Reinvigorating Arts Education in California Public Schools for All Students
The California
County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) Arts
Initiative funded six subgrant projects to support the goal of providing all
students with a comprehensive and standards-based arts education, kindergarten
through high school. To learn more, click here.
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Accessing Stimulus Funds
for Arts Education
This guide offers details about each program that was
funded through the ARRA stimulus legislation, details of how arts education fits
within each program, and guidance on accessing the funds. Access this guide - and
many other federal funding guides - online, by clicking here.
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Arts Education Report Card Shows
'Mediocre' Achievement
For
the first time in 11 years, the federal government released a national report
card on achievement in the arts among eighth-graders, based on a 2008 assessment of 7,900 students. This report finds that since 1997, our nation's students have not made significant
progress in developing their skills and knowledge in the arts. The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Arts Assessment is the only
continuing, national measure of academic achievement in the arts in America's
schools.
Read
more here about the report card, from the Americans for the Arts Action Fund.
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