NEW CALIFORNIA ARTS ED DATA!

We partnered with SRI Education, with funding from the Hewlett Foundation’s Performing Arts Program, to release Creativity Challenge: The State of Arts Education in California.The report compares the 2019-2020 school year to data from 2005-2006 to show that though some schools have made incremental improvements in providing high-quality arts education, nearly nine in ten schools in California fail to provide state-mandated arts education. 

Key findings in the report include:

• Only 11 percent of California schools offered classes that align with standards set by California in all four arts disciplines (music, dance, theater, and visual arts); that number remained unchanged between the two study periods.

• Elementary schools, court and community schools, and schools serving high proportions of children from low-income families provide less arts instruction.

• Schools serving more low-income families or majority-students-of-color populations faced more barriers to increasing arts instruction.

Let’s ensure ALL California students have access to a quality arts education!