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Tina Beveridge – Arts Education Policy Review, 2024
This article is a multiple case study of policy in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Both cities have developed programs that utilize government funding to increase access to public school K-5 arts education. While each city used a different path for advocacy and policy change, there were common threads that could be used as a framework…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary Schools, Music Education, Financial Support
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Aróstegui, José Luis – Arts Education Policy Review, 2018
The author interviewed Glenn Nierman on the occasion of the recent conclusion of his term as National Association for Music Education (NAfME) president. Topics included the current state of music education and advocacy of music education in the United States, the role of NAfME, and the recently revised national music education standards.
Descriptors: Music Education, Advocacy, National Organizations, Institutional Role
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Branscome, Eric E. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2012
President Obama recently described America's current economic, societal, educational, and technological circumstances as "our generation's 'Sputnik' moment." If history repeats itself in the twenty-first century, music educators may face a situation similar to that which developed in the 1960s concerning the impact of education reform on…
Descriptors: Music Education, Educational Change, Curriculum, Advocacy
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Beveridge, Tina – Arts Education Policy Review, 2010
Since the Bush administration enacted the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2002, lawmakers and school administrators have questioned what changes, if any, the Obama administration will make. This article discusses the effects of NCLB on nontested subjects, specifically music and arts in the general curriculum. Major effects on scheduling and…
Descriptors: Fine Arts, Federal Legislation, General Education, Music
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Sabol, F. Robert – Arts Education Policy Review, 2013
The field of education in the United States is in a period of unprecedented change. Educators in all disciplines are challenged to understand and respond to the waves of reform sweeping over the national education landscape. Linking these reforms to meaningful outcomes that will produce more rigorous and effective measures of quality and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Art Education, Educational Policy, Advocacy
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Kos, Ronald P., Jr. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2010
Policy can be a useful tool for effecting change, but policy analysis, which shapes policy development, has been underused in music education research. This paper demonstrates how Bardach's (2000) Eightfold Path can be used to develop solutions to problems in music education. Some have argued that school music programs do not prepare students to…
Descriptors: Music Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis