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SFUSD advisory committee urges deep refresh of 10-year arts education master plan
Summary
An advisory committee recommended a substantial refresh of San Francisco Unified School Districtarts education master plan to strengthen K-12 sequencing, equity and accountability and proposed a centralized arts center to expand access and professional development.
President Haney and Superintendent Carranza convened the Board of Education May 10 to hear a 10th-anniversary review of the districtarts education master plan and a recommendation from the Arts Education Master Plan Advisory Committee to pursue a significant refresh rather than a light edit.
Brent Stevens, SFUSD chief academic officer, told the board the original plan helped expand arts offerings but that the districtnow faces new policy and instructional contexts — including common core, the Every Student Succeeds Act and recent local ballot measures — that make a deeper review timely. "We are much closer than we were 10 years ago," Stevens said, but added the committee sees gaps in sequencing, integration and equitable access across schools.
Judy Nemzoff and Frances Phillips, co-chairs of the advisory committee, described how the working groups organized around administrative leadership, professional development and curriculum/evaluation to inventory…
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