District of Columbia

District of Columbia
Additional Statewide Arts Education Leaders
State Education Agency
District of Columbia Public Schools
Mary Lambert
[email protected]
http://dcps.dc.gov/
State Education Agency - Learn More: 

State Education Agencies often have a designated position for the arts, these individuals are members of the State Education Agencies Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE).
 

State Arts Action Network contact
State Advocacy Organization Learn More: 

State arts advocacy organizations oversee advocacy initiatives in each state and are members of the State Arts Action Network (SAAN).
 

State Arts Agency contact:
District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and the Humanities (DCCAH)
Heran Sereke-Brhan
[email protected]
http://dcarts.dc.gov/
State Arts Agency Learn More: 

State Arts Agencies oversee the role of the arts in the individual states and are members of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA). The majority include arts education as a priority.

Has a statewide study been done on arts education in my state?
Yes
State Study: 
Arts Education Census: Inspiring Creativity through the Arts
State Study Learn More: 

To learn more about state-level reporting, check out the collection of reports and read the State Status Report: A Review of State and Regional Arts Education Studies.

 

What is the status of my state adopting new Arts Education Standards?
Not adopting
Arts Ed Standards - Learn More: 

Americans for the Arts is a part of the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) and works to help advance the state adoption of new arts education standards, influenced by the release of the National Core arts Standards in October 2014.

The DC Arts Education Learning Standards were last revised in 2008 prior to the release of the National Core Arts Standards, and there is currently no plan in place to adopt new standards.

How is arts education funded in my state?

There are designated funds through the State Arts Agency of approximately $1.2 million per year.
Arts education funding is different in every state and is, therefore, hard to determine exact monetary figures.

Funding - Learn More: 

If there is no specific line item in your state for arts education, you may consider that for general education, on average approximately 10% of funding comes from the federal government, 47% from the state government and 43% from the local government. For more, please read our Getting Started e-book.

To learn more about arts funding in general in your state, click here.
State Arts Education Organizations: 
DC Collaborative for Arts and Humanities Education
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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