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Read all the research, news, and policy in our arts education RECAP for October 2018.


Research

Have you read an interesting article related to arts education research? Send it our way! Email communications@psarts.org with articles related to arts education and we may share them in our next RECAP.


Equity

Frederick County Organizations Expand Access to Arts Education
When the cost of arts education classes became too high, this community came together to find no or low-cost ways to make access to the arts more equitable.
Frederick News-Post

Ramona Library Launches Rural Arts Project
Thanks to a grant from the California State Library, four branches of the San Diego County Library system will start offering people of all ages access to free, high-quality art instruction.
The San Diego Union-Tribune


Calls-to-Action

2018 Advisory Council Nominations
Americans for the Arts has four standing Advisory Councils—the Arts Education Advisory Council, the Emerging Leaders Advisory Council, the Private Sector Advisory Council, and the Public Art Network Advisory Council. Submit your nominations by October 5.
Americans for the Arts


Advocacy

Creative Youth Development: Transforming the Learning Environment   
This report explores the design and impact of CYD programs — including examples of successful programs across the country — and provides policy considerations for states looking for ways to narrow the achievement gap and support student success.
Arts Education Partnership

Richard Quinn’s Show Made A Statement About Arts Funding
“At a time when real damage is occurring to arts education, I want to point to how substantially its creative power lights the path to our future…Celebrating the community I come from is important to me, and thanking British art education for the fact that I am business [sic] today.”
Refinery 29

Why It’s Okay to Throw Your Children’s Art Away
“If it’s the act of making the art that’s useful and good for children, then let this part of the art live, and then let its results die.”
The Atlantic


Policy

Governor Jerry Brown vetos Senate Bill 933 put forward by Senator Ben Allen
“Nurturing creativity is certainly one of the most important responsibilities of teachers and local schools. But under our philosophy of local control, this is a matter best handled by individuals at the school level, not at state headquarters.”
California Legislative Information


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