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50 Years of ERIC
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An Update on No Child Left Behind and National Trends in Education
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Chapman, Laura H. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2007
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…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, National Programs, Art Education, Fine Arts
No Child Left Behind in Art?
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Chapman, Laura H. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2004
In June 2004, three out of four public schools in Florida failed to meet a new federal standard for school improvement, including one arts school that had earned "A" ratings on statewide tests for four consecutive years (Shanklin 2004). How can so many schools, including "A" schools, be failing? The answer: the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Public Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
A Century of Distancing Art from the Public.
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Chapman, Laura H. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2000
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)
Descriptors: Art Education, Dance Education, Educational History, Educational Policy