Comprised of more than 50 leading educators and artists, the National Task Force on the Arts in Education (NTFAE) was created in 2008 to address the opportunities and challenges facing arts education in the United States.  The NTFAE advises the College Board by recommending strategies for placing the arts at the core of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education. These strategies include:

1. Researching underserved student populations.
2. Promoting student creativity.
3. Understanding the arts in a global perspective.
4. Integrating the arts into a greater number of College Board programs.
5. Engaging a greater number of professional artists in arts education.
6. Building partnerships and affecting policy at the national, state, and local levels.

The NTFAE's report, "Arts at the Core: Recommendations for advancing the state of arts education in the 21^st Century" confronts challenges to the state of the arts in education, identifies the many benefits of arts learning, and details eight key recommendations for advancing the place of the arts in American education.  It outlines recommendations for making the arts a core component of American education.

Download the group's conclusions:

• Full report: Arts at the Core: Recommendations for advancing the state of arts education in the 21^st Century (.pdf/2.4M)
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For more information, read the brochure, Arts at the Core (.pdf/2.8M).  This brochure introduces you to the voices and ideas that make up the NTFAE. Learn more about the importance of the arts in education through these essays from leading thinkers and policy makers in arts education.