Standards

• California Arts Standards
  
• California Arts Education Framework is the primary set of curriculum standards for arts education in California.
  
• National Core Arts Standards is a useful resource that was released in June 2014, but it is not yet adopted in California.
  
• Common Core Literacy Standards in the Technical Subjects is an overlay set of literacy standards that help inform arts instruction at the secondary level (begins on page 79).
  
• California Department of Education, English Language Development Standards - corresponding set of standards to inform teacher practice in making clear the relationships between the English language and the student's other language(s)
  

Arts Education Resources

• CA Arts, Media Entertainment Demonstration Schools​
  
• CCSESA Arts Initiative
  
• Kennedy Center Arts Edge
  
• Junior High Band​​
  

Culturally Responsive Arts Resources

• Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature​
  
• CDE Recommended Literature List
  
• Loyola Marymount Library
  
• UC San Diego Guide to Primary Resources
  
• National Archives
  
• Using Primary Sources
  
• NAfME Teaching with Primary Sources
  
• Library of Congress
  

Research, Policy, and Toolkits

• Arts Education Partnership
  
• Arts Ed Search
  
• Arts Empower San Diego
  
• Americans for the Arts 
  
• California Alliance for Arts Education
  
• Local Control Funding Formula Toolkit
  
• Ovation Foundation Arts Education Toolkit
  
• Art=Opportunity
  
• Yamaha: Support Ed
  
  

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