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Article: Collecting arts education data under NCLB.
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- School Administrator
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- March 1, 2008
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Arts education boosters took delight when the passage of No Child Left Behind in 2002 listed the arts as one of the "core academic subjects" of public education. The federal law named 10 core subjects in all, a designation qualifying arts instruction for federal grants and other support.
Art educators were further heartened with the authorization of the Arts in Education program at the U.S. Department of Education, which provides competitive grants to school districts to study model arts education programs and professional development.
But more recent evidence has left us less optimistic. Despite the arts being named a core subject, NCLB requires schools ...