This two-day collective impact festival, held at Jacksonville University, featured a panel discussion and community concert, bringing together Jacksonville leaders and community stakeholders to strengthen public awareness of arts education and build long-term support for the arts.
Let’s take a moment to honor National Arts and Education Week and explore the transformative impact the arts have on student performance and school grades
CAP has hired Meredith Matthews as its newly established Petway Teaching Artist Fellow in Visual Arts. In her new role, Matthews will provide visual arts instruction at multiple schools and community sites throughout Duval County.
CAP announces a new partnership with IDEA Public Schools that will provide in-school and afterschool visual and performing arts programs to students enrolled at both IDEA’s local campuses.
CAP announces its support of the Duval County School District Ad Valorem Referendum to increase funding to enhance art, music and athletic programs, attract and retain highly qualified teachers and staff through additional compensation, and provide proportionate funding for charter schools.
Today, American children have less opportunity than prior generations to develop their creativity due to the vanishing of school-based arts education. Arts programs are sometimes gutted because of budget cuts, but most often it is to emphasize subjects that are measured by standardized tests. This might seem logical, but it isn’t.
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