AMID TESTS AND TIGHT BUDGETS, SCHOOLS FIND ROOM FOR ARTS“National arts education statist
AMID TESTS AND TIGHT BUDGETS, SCHOOLS FIND ROOM FOR ARTS “National arts education statistics suggest that these days, arts are a persistent—but uneven and thinning—presence in American schools. A 2012 U.S. Department of Education report that compared surveys from 1999-2000 and 2009-2010 found that music was offered in 94 percent of elementary schools during both timeframes, and that visual art offerings dropped only slightly, from 87 percent of schools in 2000 to 82 in 2010.” Read: Amid Tests and Tight Budgets, Schools Find Room for Arts -- source link
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