Gaining the Arts Advantage: Lessons From School Districts That Value Arts Education
The first national study to examine the generation and sustenance of strong arts education throughout entire school districts, this study:

• discusses the interrelating factors — educational, social, and economic — that enhance arts education;
• provides valuable lessons from the field — from superintendents, school board members, principals, district arts coordinators, arts teachers, students, parents, and other community members — including strategies for overcoming obstacles to districtwide arts education;
• examines in depth eight school systems that were observed on site by experienced teams that included school district superintendents as well as arts educators; and
• presents the creative solutions of 83 additional school districts participating in this study, selected from more than 500 districts recommended.