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The College Board believes that the arts expand student potential by encouraging creativity, innovation and critical thinking skills, and that a comprehensive arts education is an effective tool for developing the whole child, keeping students in school, and promoting high achievement.
Arts at the Core
Why We're Helping
Our Progress
Published a brochure featuring students’ and teachers’ voices in the arts.
Nancy Rubino, Director of the Office of Academic Initiatives, spoke on behalf of the College Board at the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization meeting for arts stakeholders at the U.S. Department of Education.
Delivered numerous presentations on the importance of arts education on panels and at conferences, including the State of the Arts Conference, the National Art Education Association National Convention, the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention and the Arts Education Partnership Forum
Created a companion brochure about the importance of the arts in education, with essays from leading thinkers and policymakers in arts education
Published Arts at the Core: Recommendations for Advancing the State of Arts Education in the 21st Century, which addresses the status of arts in American education, identifies the many benefits of arts learning, and provides a set of recommendations for placing the arts at the core of education
Convened more than 50 dedicated professionals, including leading educators and artists, as members of the National Task Force on the Arts in Education (NTFAE)
Piloting arts programs in self-selected College Board Schools, with an aim to demonstrate the benefits of arts exposure in students from low socio-economic backgrounds and to further the CB’s mission to connect all students to college success.
Redesigning the AP Vertical Teams Guide in Studio Art. This publication will provide a structured approach to creating vertical teams of art teachers.
Developing online AP Curriculum Modules which will provide tools for integrating the arts into non-arts AP instruction.
Pursuing alliances with national arts and education organizations to strengthen our advocacy campaign and expand our audience
Steering Committee Members
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Professor of History, California State University - San Bernardino
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Theatre and English Teacher, Bowling Green High School, Bowling Green, Ohio
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Goodwin's Art Consulting, Columbia, S.C., Educational Consultant in the Arts
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Professor, School of Art, Ohio University
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Chair, NTFAE, and Director, Printmaking Convergence Program Department of Art and Art History, The University of Texas at Austin
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Chair, NTFAE Steering Committee, and Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Michigan
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Senior Director of Policy, Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
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Professor, School of Art, Arizona State University
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Our Goal
To promote awareness of the vital role that the arts play in preparing students for college and career success.
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Contact Us
The National Task Force on the Arts in Education
The College Board Advocacy & Policy Center
45 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10023
artstaskforce@collegeboard.org