Priska Neely|After a year in the Turnaround Arts program, students at the school are more engaged. But academics still matter, and there have been improvements there, too.
The Creative Industry Coalition is building up partnerships with studios and production companies to provide classroom visits and equipment donations to schools.
Create CA, a state arts education group, has developed a "Declaration of the Rights of All Students to Equity in Arts Learning." It hopes school districts will adopt it.
Eighth graders across the country were quizzed in 2016 on their knowledge and skills in visual arts and music. Just like in 2008, the results weren't great.
This one wasn't as cut-throat as the TV show on ABC, so organizers jokingly referred to it as "Dolphin Pool," said career services director Rita Soultanian.
