SMARTS

SMARTS: BRING BACK THE ARTS

The California PTA wants to bring the arts back into our schools and back into the lives of our children.

Extensive research during the past decade now confirms the arts improve academic and personal success. Real education reform must "Bring back the Arts".

Please join our efforts to help parents, teachers and legislators understand the importance of the arts. The California State PTA wants to create advocates for quality arts education at every school in California.

Help PTA Bring Back the Arts

First Comprehensive Study of K-12 Arts Education in California Schools Finds Vast Majority Fail to Meet State Standards
A landmark study from independent research institute SRI International, for the first time systemically examining the status of arts education in California, reveals that the vast majority of California's schools fail to meet state standards for teaching the arts, and that access to arts instruction varies widely among the state's schools.
Read the Executive Summary
Read the Full Report

Arts education in the San Francisco Bay Area:
A supplementary status report

Ask your principal and superintendent to visit this web site and report how the state arts and physical education funding is being spent in your community!
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