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On March 17, 2015 educators from across the state attended the Creativity at the Core Conference at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Sacramento.  Regional Arts Leads and their Arts Organization Partners showcased the professional learning modules that they have been...

Program Descriptors: Traditional, charter, magnet Urban, suburban Elementary, middle, high school Dance, music, theatre, visual arts Standards-based curriculum The Arts Education Branch of LAUSD has completed a draft of their K-6 Arts Instructional Guides (AIG) and is piloting the guidelines...

Steven E. Gomes, Ph.D., County Superintendent of Schools for Merced County contributed the following: As educational leaders in our state, and with a clear understanding of the complex landscape of public education today, we want to combine to address the importance of...

Contact: May 15, 2014 Caitlin Fitzwater 916-324-6617 Statewide Arts Education Initiative Linking Creativity and the “Common Core” Launches in California Experts from across California to develop online arts training resources for educators – A project of the California County Superintendents...

In honor of March as Arts Education Month, CCSESA partnered with the California State PTA to host the Be a Hero for Arts Education luncheon on March 19th at The California Museum in Sacramento.  Over 80 district, county, and state leaders attended. Dr. Steven...

The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards has released the draft Standards for public review. It is very important that the California voice is heard in this process. California has a writer on each of the discipline writing teams but...

Dr. Monique Chism, Director of Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs at the U.S. Department of Education, addresses the role of arts education within the Title I, Part A program in a letter sent to Title I State Coordinators. Expanding...

When arts education providers collaborate with other entities to address broad community goals, they multiply the benefits of arts learning and become more sustainable. That is the thesis of the practical new book, More Than the Sum of Its Parts:...

CA Distinguished Schools Program Reinstitutes Arts Education Category 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. The inclusion of arts...

The United States Department of Education awarded a grant to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to expand its efforts in arts education and arts integration at the national level. The study of the arts can significantly...