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Arts Education

Resources

Blueprint and Arts for All Reviews

• Arts for All: LA County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education Brochure (2010)
• Arts for All 7th Year Review (2009)
• Arts for All 6th Year Review (2008)
• Arts for All 5th Year Review (2007)
• Arts for All: LA County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education Update (2004)
• Arts for All: LA County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education (2002)
• Arts for All District Map – map of LA County District pursuing arts education reform

 Information on Arts Education in LA County

• Engaging Senior Leadership to Advance Arts in Schools (2011) - monograph capturing the experience of superintendents, assistant superintendents and arts coordinators who participated in the 2009-10 Arts for All Leadership Fellows Program
• Arts for All School Arts Survey: Summary Report (2011) - key findings of pilot survey measuring quality, access and equity in arts education in 5 Los Angeles County School districts.
• Arts for All School Arts Survey (2010) - full report
• Arts for All feature in 2009-10 Los Angeles County Progress Report
• Arts for All School Level Indicators: Quality in Arts Education -- Los Angeles County's first-ever school site indicators looking at quality arts education, equitable delivery, and student access, released January 2010.
• 2008 Arts Education Performance Indicators (AEPI) Report – tracks LA County school districts’ development in achieving the five critical success indicators for a strong infrastructure supporting arts education
• 2005 AEPI Report
• 2004 AEPI Report
• Arts in Focus – first-ever survey of arts education in Los Angeles County, published May 2001. Led to the development and adoption of Arts for All: LA County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education.

Tools for School Districts, Arts Education Providers, and K-12 Educators

• Programming and Professional Development:
  • LAArtsEd.org —interactive website containing Arts Education Program Directory, and a searchable Tools and Resources database of local and national resources on systemic arts education
  • Designing the Arts Learning Community: a Handbook for K-12 Professional Development Planners —online guide to designing arts education professional development; includes searchable database of more than 50 arts learning communities.
• Arts Education Funding
  • 2010-11 Advocacy Resources for School Districts
  • 2009 Federal and State Funding Cheat Sheet – describes arts education funding options contained in 2009 federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and state budget
  • School District Funding Chart (developed in 2005)– describes general state, federal, and in-kind funding options for school districts
• Arts for All School Districts
  • School District Policies and Plans – samples from Arts for All school districts
  • Arts for All: the Vanguard Districts Case Studies – lessons learned from a case study of school districts that joined Arts for All within its first five years

Arts for All Press

• September 24, 2009: Case studies report of school districts from the initiative's first five years yields new insights on how to make arts education plans a reality in the classroom
• February 11, 2009: Los Angeles County Schools Show Improvement in Arts Education
• February 3, 2009: Online, Interactive Handbook Pioneers New Approach to Arts Education Professional Development
•  October 28, 2008: Wallace Foundation Grants $1.8 Million to Two Organizations to Improve Arts Education in Los Angeles County
•  June 18, 2008: Los Angeles County’s Arts for All Initiative Cited As One of Three Top Collaborative Approaches Nationwide in RAND Study on Revitalizing Arts Education