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US House Resolution Designates April 10-23 as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week

Apr 7, 2022 | emily@ya.org

WASHINGTON, DC (APRIL 7, 2022) -- Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) has introduced a Resolution to the House of Representatives designating the weeks of April 10 through 23, 2022, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week). The designation of YA Week will honor the contributions Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA) has made to students…

Arts ARE Education: Resolving to Support Arts Education Funding and Programs in the Post-Pandemic Era

Feb 9, 2021 | lauren@ya.org

Young Audiences Arts for Learning is proud to be part of a new national campaign in support of arts education for all students, Arts ARE Education. Led by the national leadership organizations of the National Coalition of Core Arts Standards, Arts ARE Education builds off the momentum of last year’s “Arts Education Is Essential” unified statement, which was signed by 113 national organizations …

Young Audiences Charter School Begins Construction of New Campus for Middle and High School Students in Greater New Orleans

Nov 7, 2019 | emily@ya.org

  On Tuesday, October 22nd, Young Audiences Charter School (YACS) broke ground on its new state-of-the-art facility at 1000 Burmaster Street in Gretna, Louisiana. Serving students from Jefferson Parish Public School System (JPPSS), YACS is the school division of Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA), Young Audiences Arts for Learning’s New Orleans-based…

Young Audiences to Provide Project Management, Communications Support to SEADAE as Part of New Agreement

Apr 24, 2019 | lauren@ya.org

New York, NY – April 25, 2019 – State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) and Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences) announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Young Audiences will provide communications, data collection, technology, daily…

YA's Chicago Affiliate Awarded $2.3 Million Grant to STEAM Ahead

Feb 26, 2019 | emily@ya.org

Chicago Arts Partnership in Education (CAPE), Young Audiences Arts for Learning's Chicago-based affiliate, was recently awarded US$2.3 million by the US Department of Education, in the form of an Assistance for Arts Education Development and Dissemination (AAEDD) grant. The award will fund a four-year program called STEAM Ahead. CAPE will partner with the Park Forest-Chicago…

Atlanta-Based ArtsNow Wins AAEDD Grant To Fund smART Literacy! Program in Georgia, South Carolina Schools

Oct 16, 2018 | emily@ya.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, NY – October 15, 2018 – ArtsNow Learning (ArtsNow), the Atlanta-based affiliate of Young Audiences Arts for Learning (Young Audiences), has been selected to receive funding through the US Department of Education’s (USDOE) …

Arts in Ed Spotlight: Is Your Classroom Ready?

Aug 15, 2017 | sara@ya.org

The demographics and functionality of a standard classroom today are ever changing. I would think it’s safe to say that there is no longer one “right” way to go about teaching the ever-developing young minds that fill the room. So, the question on every educators’ mind should be this: How do I teach and prepare my students in the best way possible? While the answer to that question might not be…

Roadmaps, Test Drives and Media Arts!

May 12, 2016 | jarred@ya.org

  Contributed by Cory Wilkerson, Project Manager, National Coalition for Core Arts Standards   Ms. Cory Wilkerson is the Project Manager for the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards and serves on the Media Arts Committee. Ms. Wilkerson has taught Theatre Arts and film K-12 as a teaching artist and classroom teachers…

Opportunity for Arts Educators: NCCAS Seeking Adjudicators to Score High School Student Work

Apr 27, 2016 | jarred@ya.org

April 26, 2016 - The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) is issuing an invitation for arts educators interested in serving as adjudicators of the high school student work collected from diverse school settings across the nation as part of the 2015-16 Model Cornerstone Assessment (MCA) Pilot Project. The MCA high school pilot, partially funded by a grant from the National Endowment…

Call for Proposals SEADAE Arts Assessment Symposium Advances in Arts Assessment

Mar 7, 2016 | asmith@ya.org

  Examining changes in policy and advances in practice. Gaylord Texan Resort and Conference Center Grapevine, Texas. Call for Proposals Open Until May 1, 2016! Education is gearing up for change. Driven by the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now known as Every Student Succeeds (ESSA), this legislative shift at the federal level marks a significant…