{"id":5308,"date":"2015-12-16T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/?p=5308"},"modified":"2015-12-20T23:43:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T04:43:57","slug":"passage-of-every-student-succeeds-act-a-big-plus-for-arts-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/news\/passage-of-every-student-succeeds-act-a-big-plus-for-arts-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Passage of “Every Student Succeeds Act” a big plus for arts education"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Waving” Goodbye to No Child Left Behind<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 provides details of the arts education provisions<\/a> in the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)<\/strong> signed into law December 10, 2015.<\/p>\n

(via Americans for the Arts’ Arts Action News)<\/em><\/p>\n

Statement from Robert L. Lynch,<\/strong>
\nPresident & CEO of Americans for the Arts,<\/strong>
\non the Every Student Succeeds Act<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, December 10, 2015<\/p>\n

Today, at the White House, I had the privilege of attending the signing of the Every Student Succeeds Act by President Obama. I joined other education leaders in applauding the end of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) era and welcoming a new path for the American educational policy landscape. This new law holds great promise for restoring arts education as central to the school day and in the lives of students and our nation\u2019s future workforce.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For 14 years, from 2002 to 2016, NCLB policies resulted in many unintended consequences to schools, teachers, and students across the country. It demanded accountability steps that resulted in a hyper-focus on testing in a few subjects, leaving other core academic subjects\u2014like the arts\u2014to be reduced, or in some places, abandoned. The bill signed today removes this onerous element of NCLB and provides support for a well-rounded education, with all the arts disciplines represented, to be realized throughout the country.<\/p>\n

Today is a result of countless advocacy efforts. Americans for the Arts and more than 100 arts and arts education organizations have spent a decade prioritizing arts education legislative objectives. Among these organizations weighing in are discipline-specific groups representing dance, media arts, music, theater, and visual arts, as well as groups representing community-based and out-of-school time programs. The work of this coalition has advanced our objectives as seen by the inclusion of some of our key arts education priorities, including:<\/p>\n