26 March 2018 Children’s Commissioner calls for more arts in children’s lives to improve outcomes Growing up North, a new report from the Children’s Commissioner published on 26 March, looks at the experiences of children in the North of England. It calls for the poorest children to be put at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse plans, with a similar focus on children’s outcomes that is given to economic regeneration.
26 March 2018 Resources to make the case for the arts We are pleased this month to have published the second in our series of CLA Briefing Papers: Employability and Enterprise, in partnership with the Edge Foundation. We have also published two Key Research Findings posters.
26 March 2018 Policy and Practice round-up March 2018 This month we bring you news of the Art teacher who won the Global Teacher Prize; key news pieces on the value of the arts; a National Audit Office report showing funding for Arts development is down 41% since 2010; two consultations; details of a freelance role working with the CLA on social media support; and a profile of Sue Jay who won a Pearson Teaching Award last year.
26 March 2018 Durham Commission on Creativity and Education The long-awaited Durham Commission on Creativity and Education was announced on 19 February. It is a collaboration between Arts Council England (ACE) and Durham University.
19 March 2018 Work with us: invitation to tender for media support The CLA is looking to appoint a freelancer to manage its website and social media output.