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School Zone
Duval County Public Schools Receives nearly $1 Million for
Professional Development for Art Educators
Duval County Public Schools
recently received a $1 million Professional Development
for Art Educators grant from the U.S. Department of
Education, which will provide teachers with training and
on-site support in developing the best instructional
practices for arts integration in order to raise student
achievement.
“This grant allows teachers
to integrate the arts into the core curriculum,” said
Duval County Public Schools’ Superintendent Ed
Pratt-Dannals. “Arts instruction is a critical
part of learning and helps students achieve higher
grades and perform better in school.”
The grant enables the
district to continue its long-standing partnership with
the University of North Florida Fine Arts Center and
John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center in Washington,
D.C., and will serve three elementary schools:
Brentwood, Lake Forest and Martin Luther King, and three
middle schools: Paxon, Lake Shore and Ft. Caroline.
The purpose of the program is
to:
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Improve student achievement in academics by
integrating the arts throughout the core curriculum;
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support the implementation of high-quality
professional development model programs in music,
dance, drama, media arts or visual arts, including
folk arts, for educators and other arts
instructional staff of kindergarten through grade
eight;
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strengthen the capacity of teachers and
schools to deliver standards-based arts education
programs and to raise student academic achievement
in the arts to ensure that all students meet
challenging state academic content standards
The grant will be funded over a three-year period,
with about $325,000 awarded each year. |
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