Welcome to the EdTA Advocacy Update October 4, 2016

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The Advocacy Update is where you can find current national and state news concerning arts advocacy and arts education

EdTA NEWS

Educational Theatre Association releases annual high school play survey: This year’s results underscore the complex web of factors that a theatre educator needs to consider when deciding what show to produce, from both inside and outside the school.

STATE NEWS

Got state theatre and other arts education news you want to share? Send it to May mhetzer@schooltheatre.org

Alabama: Johnson Center for the Arts is integrating art into the classroom (Troy Messenger)

California: California passes theatre and dance certification law (Educational Theatre Association)

Indiana: What's wrong with IPS arts education, and how it can be fixed? (NUVO newsweekly)

Iowa: Should Arts Education Be a Part of the Common Core? (Iowa Public Radio)

Louisiana: How the Arts Helped Save New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina (The Daily Beast)

Maryland: Integrate Arts in Baltimore Classrooms (Afro American)

Massachusetts: Boston brings the music back by boosting arts education (PBS)

Montana: Helena teachers help draft state's new arts standards (Independent Record)

North Carolina: Tryon Fine Arts Center helps foster arts in education (Tryon Daily Bulletin)

New Jersey: Students ask Sea Isle school board for more drama funding (The Gazette)

New Mexico: A ‘creative approach’: APS joins John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts program (Albuquerque Journal)

Ohio: Warren school works to improve arts education curriculum (WYTV)

Texas: Robison: Arts help educate the whole child (El Paso Times)

Virginia: Barter Theatre helps to bring the arts to education for area students (Kingsport Times News)

WORTH READING

Think Like an Artist: Thinking like an artist serves many of our world's leaders. Curious? Check out these videos! (Lincoln Center Education)

Advancing the Arts to Support National Policy Priorities: The arts are a powerful conduit for communication, inspiration, and unity, and their inclusion will inform and improve the policy-making process. (NAEA)

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