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 December 22, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Steve Libowitz
jhunews@jhu.edu

First State-wide Summit on
The Role of Arts in Education
Fact Sheet: Background

In the fall of 1997, the state of Maryland approved standards for arts education. While many schools around the state--and the country--have incorporated arts education into their curriculum, many systems and school administrators remain unsure about how to construct an effective program, how to teach it, how to pay for it and what students would get out of it.

This summit marks the first time policy makers, arts educators and system administrators have sat together to hear the same information on the subject of arts education and to discuss with one another the pertinent implications of that information. The summit is being held in conjunction with the January 9 Maryland State Superintendent of Schools meeting, chaired by Nancy Grasmick, the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools. Grasmick will convene this regular meeting with superintendents to further discuss issues raised at the summit.

Also on Jan. 9, the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies and the Arts Education in Maryland Schools consortium (AEMS) will present a symposium on the subject open to educators and leaders in the arts, business and community.

RETURN TO NEWS RELEASE ON THE FIRST STATE-WIDE SUMMIT ON THE FOLE OF ARTS IN EDUCATION

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