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New arts education data aims to be a 'helping hand'

During visual arts training, teachers created mobiles.
During visual arts training, teachers created mobiles.
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Priska Neely
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Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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New arts education data aims to be a 'helping hand'

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.