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The Blue Moon is published bi-monthly by the Kentucky Arts
Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet. Please send comments, questions
and information to the Blue Moon, Kentucky Arts Council, Old Capitol Annex,
300 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601-1987 or call 502-564-3757, toll free
1-888-833-2787.
E-mail: kyarts@ky.gov
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Statewide Arts Education Survey Underway
The Kentucky Arts Council is committed to improving arts education throughout the state, but it is sometimes difficult to ascertain exactly how to build programs and outreach efforts that are most effective in addressing the needs of schools, teachers and students. One missing element is a clear picture of exactly what is happening in arts education across the Commonwealth - how much arts instruction students are currently receiving, who is providing that instruction, how outside resources are utilized, what differences exist between large and small districts, etc. In order to address the need for more concrete information, the Kentucky Arts Council has partnered with the Collaborative for Teaching and Learning, the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Center, the Kentucky Alliance for Arts Education, and Kentucky Educational Television to develop and administer the first-ever statewide survey on the Status of Arts Education in Kentucky Public Schools.
Surveys that request comprehensive information about the delivery of arts education in their districts have been sent to superintendents of every public school district in the state. The survey is not aimed at comparing the districts, but at developing an aggregate "snapshot" of the state of arts education in Kentucky for the school year 2004-05. This will help to identify gaps in programs and services and enable state agencies, including the Kentucky Arts Council, which is funding the study, to respond to those gaps. The partner organizations hope to repeat this survey every five years to identify trends in arts education and to adjust their programs and services accordingly.
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