Policy Consulting

"We are confident Illinois is ready to affirm the value of arts education and recommit to Illinois arts learning with these updated standards."

Jonathan VanderBrug
Deputy Director-Civic Engagement, Arts Alliance Illinois

Overview

I served on the Visual Arts committee during the revision of the Visual Arts Learning Standards and presented the revisions with a team of educators the team to the Illinois State Board of Education on February 10th of 2016, which were unanimously approved by the board on June 16, 2016, and are currently used by all public schools in the state of Illinois.

Clients

• Illinois State Board of Education

• Arts Alliance Illinois

Project Outputs

• Illinois State Learning Standards

• Presentation for the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

Client & Community Outcomes

In 2010, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) began a comprehensive review of the state’s learning standards in every subject area. As part of this process, ISBE turned its attention to the arts in 2014. Arts and media are continuously evolving, but Illinois’ arts learning standards had remained unchanged for nearly two decades. The time had come to modernize the standards, which will impact the way the arts are taught in the state of Illinois from Kindergarten through 12th grade.