Calling all  Arts and Humanities Education 
Colleagues, Teachers and Students:
  
     
 
Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 will be an important day for  Arts and Humanities Education in DC...   October 30, 2019 is the 22nd birthday of the  DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative !  What better way to celebrate the #CollectiveImpact and #CollaborativeEffect of our work together than with a roundtable on arts and humanities initiatives in DC public and public charter schools.  The roundtable will kick off with student performances and testimonies, public testimonies from our community and government witnesses from DC public education.
 

Let's celebrate 22 years of equitable access to arts and humanities by signing up to testify about how important our work is!  With the progress of our    Any Given Child DC collective impact work and DC's Arts and Humanities Education Policy as our "North Star" (the 2018 Sense of Council Resolution,) we are calling upon all 120 of our cultural institution and practitioner members and the 180+ DC public and public charter schools that we serve to join us for this important community conversation.

Do you want more equitable access to high-quality Arts and Humanities Education Opportunities for DC students?  Let's get on record our arts and humanities education community of practices' service to DC public and public charter schools. In addition to our public testimony, and performances and testimony from students, we will hear from government witnesses and answer questions from the DC Council Committee on Education.
 
 
Do you know a student or student program that best exemplifies arts and humanities education programs here in DC?  Let's encourage students to testify and join us with celebratory performances to kick off the roundtable and demonstrate the impact that the arts and humanities have on their education and lives here in DC. We want to hear from parents and PTOs, too!

Can we count on you?  We've already signed up to participate . Please read the details below and let us know that you will be there on  October 30th. Please email me with questions and ideas: [email protected]

We hope to see you on October 30th!


We Need Your Participation! Register Today!
 
  


DC State of Arts and Humanities Education Roundtable
Wednesday October 30, 2019
10:00am


COUNCILMEMBER DAVID GROSSO 
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION  ANNOUNCES A  PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE


Wednesday October 30, 2019
10:00 A.M.

Hearing Room 120
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
 
Councilmember David Grosso  announces the scheduling of a public roundtable of the Committee on Education on Arts and Humanities Initiatives in DC Public and Public Charter Schools. The roundtable will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday October 30, 2019 in Hearing Room 120 of the John A. Wilson Building.  The stated purpose of this roundtable is to :

Examine the state of Arts and Humanities education in District of Columbia Public Schools and Public Charter Schools, including policy application of CER22-523 the
"Sense of the Council Arts and Humanities in Education Resolution of 2018," equitable access to curriculum integration, experiential learning including in-school and out-of-school programming, funding adequacy, public/private collaboration, data collection and evaluation, and future milestones. 

The roundtable will also examine the District of Columbia's unique national and local arts and humanities assets, and examine the collective impact of these resources in providing a comprehensive education for students in the District of Columbia public education system.
 
Those who wish to testify can sign up online at http://bit.do/educationhearings or call the Committee on Education at (202) 724-8061 by 5:00pm Monday October 28, 2019. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 10-15 copies of written testimony. Witnesses should limit their testimony to four minutes.
 
If you are unable to testify at the roundtable, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Written statements should be submitted by email to Ashley Strange, or by post to the Committee on Education, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 116 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20004. The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
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The DC Collaborative is a recipient of an FY19 General Operating Support Service Grant from the  DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.



The DC Collaborative is proud to receive a grant for its Collective Impact work supported in part by an award from the  National Endowment for the Arts .


The DC Collaborative is the backbone support organization that leads members of the Any Given Child DC program, part of The John F. Kennedy  Center for the Performing Arts.



About the DC Collaborative:
More than 120 members strong, the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative (DC Collaborative) provides equitable access to quality arts and humanities education for all DC public and chartered public schools for the growth of the whole child. Working with its partners, since its founding in 1998, the DC Collaborative produces such exemplary programs as Arts and Humanities for Every Student and the Professional Development Initiative. View our  Member Directory.

For more information on the DC Arts and Humanities  Education Collaborative, Please visit our  website .  If you would like to include something in our next  member e-news, please email us!

Submissions for our consideration are due C.O.B. on the third Friday of every month and are subject to edits by the DC Collaborative staff.