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New arts education data aims to be a 'helping hand'
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Oct 20, 2016
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New arts education data aims to be a 'helping hand'
More than one hundred thousand students attending California schools last year had no access to arts instruction, per data released by a statewide collaborative.
During visual arts training, teachers created mobiles.
During visual arts training, teachers created mobiles.
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More than one hundred thousand students attending California schools last year had no access to arts instruction, per data released by a statewide collaborative.

More than 100,000 students attending California schools last year had no access to arts instruction.

That's according to data released today by a statewide arts education collaborative.

The research also finds that only twelve percent of schools in the state provide the arts education required by state law.

To sort through the numbers, Take Two's A Martinez spoke with KPCC's arts education reporter Priska Neely. 

Click the blue audio player to hear the full interview.