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Now Available: High Quality Education in the Arts: A Handbook for Parents
Date: 08/27/2009
First making its debut at Regional Arts Education Day on October 13, High Quality Education in the Arts: A Handbook for Parents is now available to the public. Designed as a tool for parents, the handbook serves as a guide for appropriate expectations for student learning in the arts at all levels. It provides examples as to how the Pennsylvania Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities might be implemented in a school’s curriculum and to help parents assess the degree to which the school provides high quality arts programming for students. Additionally, there is an enclosed slip sheet that provides information about how parents can support, improve, and advocate for a school’s art program.
This handbook, one tool among many to reach out to parents, is a critical step in educating everyone about arts education and its vital role in the lives of students. It is our sincere hope that you will find many uses for the handbook in conversations with parents, administrators, and other educators. We invite you share your stories with us, as we look to what our next steps should be in providing tools to support the field.
Within the Allegheny, Washington, Fayette, and Greene Counties, up to fifty copies may be requested for only the cost of shipping and handling. Other geographic regions, and additional copies by local organizations, may receive copies for a nominal fee. All requests must be made in writing, via email (info@artsedcollaborative.org) or standard mail (425 Sixth Ave, Suite 2650, Pittsburgh, PA 15219).
