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Vermont Arts Council asks Senate Education Committee to set statewide arts-education standards
Summary
The Vermont Arts Council told the Senate Education Committee Feb. 12 that arts education improves student outcomes and urged a statewide assessment, minimum K–12 standards and updated enforceable benchmarks; a high-school violinist described personal academic and social benefits of music programs.
On Feb. 12, the Senate Education Committee heard a presentation from the Vermont Arts Council on the role of arts education in K–12 schools and the council’s request that the state adopt clearer, statewide arts-education benchmarks.
The Vermont Arts Council, represented by Executive Director Susan Evans, told the committee that the council’s work “is to cultivate and advance the arts and creativity throughout Vermont” and said arts learning boosts student engagement and academic performance. The council asked the Legislature to (1) conduct a statewide assessment of arts learning, (2) establish minimum K–12 arts-education standards statewide, and (3) update the state’s education quality standards to include enforceable arts benchmarks.
The request…
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