When Duncan, the Federal Minister of Education, announced this report, he particularly pointed out that the importance of this report lies in letting people know the development of art education in American public schools with the times, and this first survey report is more helpful for us to know the influence of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) on art education. He pointed out: "This is a story with good news and bad news. On the one hand, we can see that the art education in American public primary and secondary schools has not obviously declined in music and visual arts courses. Most primary schools have music courses, and 80% primary schools also have visual arts courses. On the other hand, the proportion of drama and dance courses in primary schools dropped from 20% before 10 to 3% and 4% respectively. In addition, more than 40% of secondary schools did not list art education as a compulsory credit for graduation in the 2009 and 20 10 school years. "
This report also reflects that the most serious problem is the fair gap caused by the unequal opportunities of art education in rich and poor school districts. Art education courses with higher costs are often offered in poor school districts, which is less than other school districts with better economic conditions, resulting in less opportunities for students with poor economic conditions to get in touch with rich art education courses. To this end, the Federal Ministry of Education has begun to adopt the "No Child Left Behind" flexible plan, open up the flexibility of running schools and appropriately subsidize school education, and provide competitive subsidy funds in the Promise block to improve art and humanities education.
Duncan pointed out: "Art and humanities education is the key to provide children with a successful and perfect education. Creativity and innovation inspired by art education are also important key abilities for our children to participate in the competition in the era of knowledge economy. Every child should enjoy a rich art course education. "
This report is a survey report on art education in K- 12 grades in the United States, which was approved by Congress. This survey was conducted through seven rapid response survey systems (FRSS) in the 2009- 10 school year. These materials include school districts, schools, teachers and experts who assist in the teaching of music and visual arts courses. , and compared with 1999.
Provider: Zhang Jialin, Cultural Office of the United States Representative Office.
Reference source: national public primary and secondary school art teaching report website)