<html> <head> <title>Woodruff Arts Center</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0 var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array(); var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++) if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}} } function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0 window.open(theURL,winName,features); } function MM_callJS(jsStr) { //v2.0 return eval(jsStr) } //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .style4 {color: #333333} .style5 { font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Gill Sans", Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif, Verdana; font-size: 12px; } .style6 {font-size: 12px} --></style> <meta name="keywords" content="education, georgia, georgia arts alliance, Woodruff, Atlanta"> <link href="edu_text.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body bgcolor="#CCCCCC" text="#000000" onresize="javascript:repos();"> <a name="00"></a> <table width="800" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="466" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="TABLE1"> <!--DWLayoutTable--> <tr> <td height="18" colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a name="00"></a> </td> <td width="16" rowspan="7" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="images/spacer37235.gif" width="16" height="230"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="19" rowspan="6" valign="top"><img src="images/spacer37235.gif" width="19" height="230"></td> <td width="4" rowspan="4" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><!--DWLayoutEmptyCell-->&nbsp; </td> <td width="761" height="30" align="center" valign="middle"><a href="http://www.woodruffcenter.org/wac/home.html" target="_blank" class="artnav">Woodruff Center</a> &nbsp;<span class="regedu"><font color="#000000" face="Gill Sans, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif">l</font></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.alliancetheatre.org/" target="_blank" class="artnav">Alliance Theatre</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="regedu"><font color="#000000" face="Gill Sans, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif">l</font></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.atlantasymphony.org/" target="_blank" class="artnav">Atlanta Symphony</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="regedu"><font color="#000000" face="Gill Sans, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif">l</font></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.high.org/" target="_blank" class="artnav">High Museum</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="regedu"><font color="#000000" face="Gill Sans, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif">l</font></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.yawac.org/" target="_blank" class="artnav">Young Audiences</a> &nbsp;<span class="regedu"><font color="#000000" face="Gill Sans, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif">l</font></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.woodruffcenter.org/14thstplayhouse/" target="_blank" class="artnav">14th Street Playhouse</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="20" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="images/spacer37235.gif" width="518" height="8"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="71" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="6f080a"> <img src="images/header_eduavo.jpg" width="521" height="71"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="455" align="left" valign="top"><br> <br> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Thank you to all who joined in support of House Bill 291 and the vision to create the Georgia Arts Alliance to support and use the arts to strengthen K-12 in schools throughout Georgia. The overwhelming support for this bill helped it pass the House 154-4 and the Senate Economic Development Committee 7-1. This level of success is clearly the result of many hands and organizations around the state coming together in support of Georgia s future leaders. It is impressive just how effective the arts, education and business communities can be when combined. Literally hundreds of e-mails and telephone calls to legislators made clear how important the issue is to the future of our schools, our children and the State of Georgia. While HB 291 did not make it to the Senate Floor this year for a final vote  your efforts in support brought together the leadership of arts and education and create a strong foundation upon which we can continue to build for the future. <br> <br> The challenges facing Georgia s PreK-12 schools are among our state s most series issues:<br> <br> <strong><font size="1">&#8226; Georgia is 46th nationally in the SAT.<br> <br> &#8226; Georgia is 43rd nationally, and last among southern states, in state funding per capita for arts, including arts in education.<br> <br> <strong>&#8226; For every 600 elementary school children Georgia provides a choice of ONE: an arts teacher, a music teacher OR a physical education teacher.</font></strong><font size="1"><br> <br> We know that arts education in the schools makes a difference in student motivation, basic test scores, teacher collaboration and strengthened communities. With your support we can continue to make the case that Georgia should dramatically increase support for arts education in our schools as well as integrating the arts into the education curriculum. <br> <br> The Georgia public schools with the highest average scores on the SAT tests are the schools that include significant arts programs. Two of the top three schools are magnet schools for the arts. When it comes to the education of children  we know the <strong>ARTS COUNT</strong>.<br> <br> We will continue to count on you to make this point and to help spread the message. We also welcome your suggestions as to those teachers, artists and administrators who should be recognized throughout Georgia as setting an example of how using the ARTS in SCHOOL can make a big difference. <br><br>Send your suggestions about potential honorees to <A href="mailto:woodruff.salutes@woodruffcenter.org">woodruff.salutes@woodruffcenter.org.</A><br> <br> Thanks for your interest and your help. <br> <br> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="edu_2.html" class="brightlink">Read More</a> about this.</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> <br> </font></font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="74" colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="6f080a"><a href="#"><img src="images/image1.jpg" width="112" height="74" border="0" align="top" onMouseDown="MM_openBrWindow('01_pop.html','','scrollbars=yes,width=260,height=300')"></a><a href="#"><img src="images/image2.jpg" width="112" height="74" border="0" align="top" onMouseDown="MM_openBrWindow('02_pop.html','','scrollbars=yes,width=260,height=300')"></a><a href="#"><img src="images/image3.jpg" width="112" height="74" border="0" align="top" onMouseDown="MM_openBrWindow('03_pop.html','','scrollbars=yes,width=260,height=300')"></a><a href="#"><img src="images/image4.jpg" width="112" height="74" border="0" align="top" onMouseDown="MM_openBrWindow('04_pop.html','','scrollbars=yes,width=260,height=300')"></a><a href="#"><img src="images/image5.jpg" width="112" height="74" border="0" align="top" onMouseDown="MM_openBrWindow('05_pop.html','','scrollbars=yes,width=260,height=300')"></a><a href="#"><img src="images/image6.jpg" width="112" height="74" border="0" align="top" onMouseDown="MM_openBrWindow('06_pop.html','','scrollbars=yes,width=260,height=300')"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="22" colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><!--DWLayoutEmptyCell-->&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td height="18" colspan="4" valign="top"><!--DWLayoutEmptyCell-->&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="42">&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> </TR> <tr> <td height="1"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td width="326"></td> <td></td> </tr></TABLE> </body> </html>