U.S.  Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is hosting a Community Town Hall Meeting on October 11, 2011 at El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera.  The event is designed to engage community leaders from across the Los Angeles region in meeting President Barack Obama’s challenge to lead the world in college completion by 2020.  Arts advocates are encouraged to attend and speak to a

The Excellence in Parent Engagement Award was established by Families In Schools (FIS) to recognize the extraordinary achievements by community leaders within the state of California who have successfully promoted and implemented policies or best practices that help all parents support their children's education.  Nominations are open for extraordinary leaders who have contributed to parent engagement within their commun

Take action today to encourage Governor Jerry Brown to stand up for arts education in California.  California Alliance for Arts Education has distributed an Action Alert regarding two bills, AB 1330 and SB 547.  The Governor may take action on these bills as

Congressmember Karen Bass (CA-33, Hollywood) is hosting a forum on education reform on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011.  Rep. Bass will be joined by special guest Russlyn Ali, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S.

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s new superintendent was introduced to the Santa Monica-Malibu Arts Education Advocacy Team and the District Advisory Council (DAC) Wednesday night at the school district's office. 

The Arts Education Partnership has compiled a list of resources for National Arts Education Week, September 12-16th.  Access a list of Arts Education Week initiatives, partner organizations and a comprehensive state arts education policy database

On October 8th, 2011, the Arts Council for Long Beach is hosting a summit on arts education.  The event will bring together parents, students, educators, and community members for a day-long conference in order to build support for and understanding of the benefits of arts learning for young people.

Arts Education: A Social Justice Issue

Abe Flores blogs about equity and access to arts education.

Arts for All, Los Angeles County’s dynamic, countywide collaboration to restore standards-based arts education into the public school core curriculum, received the Arts Education Award at the

Arts for All has announced the application and workshops for arts education professional development providers who wish to be included in their online directory.  The deadline for directory application is July 27, 2011.