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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, Senior Director, 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)
The College Board is partnering with the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS), in support of their work in revising the National Content Standards in the Arts for the first time since 1994.
Specifically, the College Board is undertaking a number of research projects to offer background information and resources to NCCAS members that will inform their decisions in revising the standards.
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
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.
Arts Academic Advisory Committee
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Senior Policy Director, Research , Assessment and Curriculum Center (RACC), Perpich Center for Arts Education
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Associate Professor, Modern and Contemporary Art, Theory and Criticism, Clemson University
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Theatre Specialist in Arts Education, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
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Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Michigan
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Art Teacher, Lincoln High School, Tallahassee, Florida
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Associate Professor and Director of the School of Music, University of Tulsa
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Executive Director for Enrichment Curriculum and Instruction, Dallas Independent School District
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Associate Professor, School of Art and Art History, The University of Iowa
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Our Goal
To empower education leaders, particularly in under-resourced districts, to implement rigorous arts programming in their schools.
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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