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Below is a listing of recent articles which discuss the current educational public school environment of high-stakes testing, No Child Left Behind regulations, and the growing national trend of increasing academic rigor at the high school level and the impact, and/or anticipated impact on courses of study in the arts and humanities.

13 States Join the Diploma Project
21st Century Grants Fail Results
65 % Solution
ABE White Paper
Academic Atrophy
Advocacy Ideas Arts Education Policy Report
Ambiguity About Workforce Preparation
American School Board Journal: A Rich Picture
Arts Education Is Key - Harris 2005 Poll
Arts Give A Front Row Seat
Arts Graduation Requirement by state
Arts Education Policy Report
Bill Gates PR Campaign for High School Reform
Bill Gates 3 R's Speech
Building Workforce Skills.Summary
CANOE Boston Symphony Wired for Brain Study
Civic Competencies Survey
Colorado Course Mandates Prompt Debate
Colorado State Board Of Education Arts Resolution
Colorado Data According to Achieve Inc.
Commencement Speech by Daniel Pink
Commentary from Education's Week Decade of Standards
Congressional Testimony to Increase Arts Funding
Critical Evidence
ECS State Superintendents for the Arts
Eisner - Ten Lessons the Arts Teach
Electives Getting the Boot
Executive Summary from Academic Atrophy
Federal Support for the Arts Request
Florida Arts Decline from Highstake Testing
Get Creative!
Giving the Arts Their Due
Heading Off a Culture Clash - New York Times
House Concurrent Resolution 355 - In Support of Music Education
Huckabee Arts Speech
K-16 Colorado Alignment Council - Business Survey
Media Paints Arts in a Fading Light
Merrifield - The Magic Bullet
More Math and Science
NCLB Leads to Cuts
NEA Looking to Change NCLB
NJ Protects Arts
No Child Left Behind In Arts
P16 Governance Structures ECS
Pending Federal Bill for Academic Rigor
Putting Arts Education Front and Center
Press Room, What High Performance Schools Are Teaching
Rooney Commentary on NCLB
School Cuts Starving Souls
Schools Need the Arts - New York Times
Secretary of Education  Spelling's Address
Social Studies Losing Out to Reading, Math
Sound of Music Returning to California
Study_ NCLB Leads to Cuts for Some Subjects
Teaching Humanity Through Arts Education
Texas Might Add Graduation Credits to Allow Electives
The Case for P-16 Alignment
The Hidden Cost of Curriculum Narrowing
The New York Times _Failing the Wrong Grades
The New York Times _Governors of 13 States Plan to Raise Standards in High Schools
Third Space
US Higher Education Commission Report
Want Better Test Scores - Take Band
What is College Prep
Why Thinking Outside The Box Is Not So Easy
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