According to this story: In the test, formally known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress in Arts, administrators at 260 public and private schools were asked how much time they devoted to art and music instruction, and 7,900 eighth-grade students were tested on art and music concepts, a small sample compared with other...
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June 15, 2009 Story on Student Knowledge of Art and Music
Study on How Much Do 17-Year Olds Know?
Retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter made further news recently when he despaired of the state of civics education in the United States. Fred Hiatt of the Washington Post writes The justice went on to lament how many Americans today do not grow up understanding even the most basic truths about U.S. democracy —...
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