Calls for arts educators to (1) design a program that will encompass all the arts; (2) build a support system for arts education throughout the rest of the curriculum; (3) review incidental arts learning that occurs throughout the physical school environment; and (4) insure that arts education is included in annual administrative planning. (PD)

Calls for art educators to assume a leadership role in the general reform of education in order to ensure a strong and stable base for art education in the schools. (PD)

In this article, the author provides a review and critique of key provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and documents some major effects of the law, which have not been positive for arts education and other subjects not formally tested under the law. Because NCLB is scheduled for reauthorization in 2007 or 2008, the author offers a…

A critique of the Arts, Americans, and Education Panel report, "Coming to Our Senses," for its study methods, its national policy recommendations, and its rhetorical styling. (SJL)

Believes that the concepts of the arts have contributed to the difficulty in rationalizing the arts as a civic investment and educational issue. States that during the twentieth century the distance between the public and the arts has grown. (CMK)