California’s Education code promises visual art, music, dance, theater and media arts classes to each K-12 student, but only 12% of our schools are in compliance with that mandate. With nearly every school closed in California, students are left to find...
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ARTS EDUCATION IS A STUDENT RIGHT
California’s draft Arts Education Framework is open for public comment. Five reasons why you should read it.
California public school students have learned visual and performing arts under a series of standards and a framework that is 20 years old. That’s about to change. The State Board of Education adopted a new series of California Arts Standards...
October 2019 Arts Newsletter
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October/November 2018: Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Subcommittee Report
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Arts Education will Keep California Students in School and Prepare them for Careers
Senator Ben Allen wrote the following Op-ed for the Sacramento Bee on May 14, 2018: Research shows that students who participate in visual and performing arts in school do better academically, socially, emotionally and, eventually, economically. Despite a longstanding state...
California Student Artwork Exhibit – 2018 California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) State Conference
The California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) Statewide Arts Initiative and the San Francisco Unified School District partnered together to highlight student artwork featured at this year’s California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) State Conference on March 28-31, 2018...
May/June 2018: Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Subcommittee Report
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CCSESA Launches New Module: Developing Empathy and Understanding through World Music Grades K-12
CCSESA is pleased to announce the completion of Creativity at the Core Module 19: Developing Empathy and Understanding through World Music, developed by Fresno County Superintendent of Schools (FCSS) in partnership with San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE). Aaron Bryan,...
Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Arts Teaching and Learning in Action
CCSESA invites you to download a copy of a new publication, Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Arts Teaching and Learning in Action: Strategies that Increase Student Engagement and Achievement. This publication is a result of a yearlong process undertaken by the CCSESA...
May/June 2017: Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Subcommittee Report
This report includes regional updates from county arts leads and upcoming events hosted by statewide arts organizations and county offices of education.
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