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-In the school year 2019/2020, as in 2005/06, only 11% of California schools offered a sequential, standards-based course of study in all four of the arts disciplines required by California state policy.
-14% of schools with mostly low-income students offered all 4 four disciplines, compared to 32% of schools with a majority of affluent students.
-Insufficient funding and a lack of training for teachers remain the biggest barriers to providing excellent arts education throughout the state.
Creativity Challenge: The State of Arts Education in California by SRI Education 2022

All students who receive an arts education have:
-3x more likely to win an award for school attendance.
-3x more likely to be elected to class office.
-Twice as likely to graduate.
Arts Ed Navigator by Americans for the Arts

Students from low-income backgrounds who had “arts-rich” instruction in school were:
-5x less likely to drop out of school.
-10% more likely to take a calculus course.
-4x more likely to get a bachelor’s degree.
-30% more likely to pursue a professional career.
NEA 2012

-9 in 10 Americans believe that art spaces improve quality of life.
-72% of Americans believe that the arts unify our community.
Americans For The Arts, 2018

-States comparison- 75% of North Carolina vs. 39% of California students
Arts Ed Data project

-50% of students say they’re in need of mental health support right now, an increase of 30% since before the pandemic.
ACLU SoCal 2020

-CA Creative Economy creates 2.7 Million jobs and contributes $174.6 Billion.
Otis Report

-85% of business leaders are looking for creativity and innovation.
Americans for the Arts

“Particularly, African American, Latinx and Indigenous students experience significant barriers to access, participation and success in arts learning that are directly linked to pervasive racial inequities in our educational system”
Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity The Ohio State University

“Working for racial equity at the state, local and regional level can allow for meaningful education with community and other institutions that will ensure sustainability.”
Government Alliance on Race & Equity

“89% of students believe creativity is going to play an integral role in solving today’s global challenges.”

“85% of employers says that creative problem solving skills are in high demand today for senior level/high paying careers.”

Adobe’s Get Hired: The Importance of Creativity and Soft Skills

“The impact of COVID-19 has also given new perspective to what and how we teach in schools, as well as of the conditions that best support student learning. With all its challenges, distance learning has highlighted questions about how to leverage family partnerships and reenvision classrooms around student-centered instruction. The disruption to our schools and daily lives has underscored that resilience, relationships, agency, and emotional security are not “nice to haves” in education but rather are foundational to learning and productivity.”

The Learning Policy Institute