Arts and Minds

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Arts and Minds in Norfolk

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L o w e d u c a t i o n a l

a t t a i n m e n t

L o w p o s t - 1 6 e d u c a t i o n

L o w l i f e s k i l l s

L o w e m p l o y a b i l i t y

L o w a s p i r a t i o n

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…………….so not a liberal conspiracy………………..

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President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

National Endowment for the Arts and the Humanities

Institute of Museum and Library Services

US Department of Education

Smithsonian Institution

Library of Congress

National Gallery of Art

John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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Arts Education Partnership

National Endowment for the Arts

US Department of Education

National Assembly of State Art Agencies

Council of Chief State School Officers

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National Educational Longitudinal Survey:88

25,000 secondary school students

First surveyed in 1988

1990

1992

1994

2000

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High Arts Involvement

“TAKING ARTS-RELATED CLASSES IN OR OUT OF SCHOOL AS WELL AS INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP IN SCHOOL

ACTIVITIES SUCH AS

THEATRE

BAND,

ORCHESTRA,

CHORUS,

DANCE

AND THE VISUAL ARTS”

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SES = SocioEconomic Status

Indicators:

Family incomeJob status

Parents’ tertiary educational attainment

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18% = 26% advantage

18% = 28% advantage

18% = 31% advantage

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Dupes?

US Department of Education

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

Council of Chief State School Officers

National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Smithsonian Institution

Library of Congress

National Gallery of Art

John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND

DEVELOPMENT

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Low educational attainment

Low post-16 education

Low life skills

Low employability

Low aspiration

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