In today’s post at WHYY’s Newsworks I examine the correlation between the the affluence of a NJ school district and its students access to and participation in arts education:

Most educators – in N.J. and elsewhere — agree that the study of art and music is a boon to children’s intellectual and creative development. However, in the last few years school boards and administrators hear not the full-bodied tones of Mozart but the siren song of testing and accountability. There are, after all, no current accountability measures in place for a student’s mastery of art history, no statewide assessments of music appreciation.

Read the rest here.