On Thin Ice: Arts Education in Alaska Schools

 
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On Thin Ice: Arts Education in Alaska Schools

Offerings in arts education vary dramatically, but access to the arts is a major challenge. Superintendents cite that No Child Left Behind mandates and lack of funding are the major barriers to providing more opportunities, and districts rely on partnerships with local arts councils, the Alaska State Council on the Arts, businesses, and other foundations to support arts education. Twenty-three (73%) districts reported they had no written arts curriculum, and of the 27% that do, only three districts have curriculum in Drama and Dance, nine have on in Visual Art, and four have one in Native Cultural Arts. There is no designated budget for arts education at the Alaskan Department of Education, but every year the Alaska State Council on the Arts provides 40 Artist-In-Residence programs throughout the state, and the Rasmuson Foundation administers $60,000 in grant funds for K-12 arts education opportunities outside the school day. This survey was the first-of-its-kind and aims to provide information to improve the state of the arts in Alaska as there is interest among schools leaders for more assertive leadership and advocacy.

This survey was the first-of-its-kind and aims to provide information to improve the state of the arts in Alaska as there is interest among schools leaders for more assertive leadership and advocacy.

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The Alaska Council on the Arts in partnership with the Alaska Arts Education Consortium
16
2009
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Alaska State Council on the Arts
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Anchorage
AK, 99501-2343
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