The Arts Education Funders Coalition K-12 Education Policy Agenda has been revised and is now available online.
The revision includes the addition of the section "School-wide programs and target assistance—using Title I funds for arts education".
Arts Education
Grantmakers in the Arts holds arts education as one of its core funding focus areas. GIA is committed to invigorate funding and support for arts education within federal policy and defend that every resident has access to the arts as part of a well-rounded, life-long education. In 2012, GIA formed the Arts Education Funders Coalition (AEFC), an interest group within GIA, to address identified needs in comprehensive arts education and to strengthen communication and networking among arts education funders. Advised by a committee of Coalition members, GIA engaged the services of Washington, DC-based Penn Hill Group, a firm with education policy expertise and experience working with diverse education groups to research, develop, and promote educational policy strategies.
Most recently, GIA worked with Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) on the development of the Arts Education for All Act, the broadest arts education policy bill ever introduced in Congress.
In Spring 2021, GIA influenced the U.S. Department of Education to highlight the importance of equitable access to arts and culture to the process of reopening schools and to make explicit how racialized this access was prior to the pandemic and that addressing this inequity is essential to effective reopening.
Grantmakers in the Arts is delighted that in 2020 Congress passed the Supporting Older Americans Act, including our recommendations that the Administration on Aging include the arts in the issues to be identified and addressed and be included among supportive services for older Americans.
GIA has successfully lobbied to include arts-related provisions in the Child Care for Working Families Act, which proposes to better help low-income families pay for childcare and expand high-quality state preschool options.
GIA is extremely proud of our work over the past several years on raising the visibility of the arts in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in its legislative form. GIA and Penn Hill Group continue these advocacy efforts around the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), guiding GIA members and their grantees in advocating for new or expanded arts programs at their local schools and districts.
September 26, 2012 by admin
Edited by Edward B. Fiske. 1999, The Arts Education Partnership and The President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
This article is part of the Revisiting Research series.
Read More...September 25, 2012 by Steve
This report provides a quick overview of the issues Congress must address before the end of 2012:
- Budget and Appropriations
- Reauthorization of ESEA
- ESEA Waivers
- Race to the Top
- House and Senate FY2013 Appropriations
Download:
August 29, 2012 by Steve
The Republican party has released its official platform for the convention being held in Tampa, Florida. The planks on education include the sections:
- Education: A Chance for Every Child
- Attaining Academic Excellence for All
- Consumer Choice in Education
- Improving Our Nation’s Classrooms
- Addressing Rising College Costs
August 4, 2012 by Steve
The U.S. Department of Education announced on July 31 the award of more than $1.2 million in grants to school districts in California, Florida, Nevada and New York to train arts educators serving high-poverty schools.
Under the Arts in Education-Professional Development for Arts Educators program, the funds will support high-quality model training programs in elementary and secondary education for music, dance, drama, media arts, or visual arts. The grants are especially targeted at schools with students from low-income backgrounds.
July 25, 2012 by Steve
DATE: 7/24/12
SUBJECT: Summary of House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education hearing
“Education Reforms: Discussing the Value of Alternative Teacher Certification Programs”
Witnesses:
July 6, 2012 by admin
As the policy landscape changes, and dedicated federal funding streams become a thing of the past, Grantmakers in the Arts, through the Arts Education Funders Coalition, is looking toward the future to identify policy opportunities to promote equitable access to arts education in public schools. An essential question for this work is how to utilize and enhance existing federal education resources to include a systemic focus on arts education that benefits state and local programs.