We know the arts are a little hard to evaluate. We know that special demands are being placed on teachers in our school system as they integrate the new arts standards into the education system. We must work together to make certain that as standards and testing become part of our education vocabulary across the nation, the arts maintain a momentum and the prominent position within the spectrum of school activity that we know they deserve. It comes back to a basic understanding about how we fit in. We are a creative society.
Art is the currency of our society.
Art is the way we talk to one another. It's the way we talk to the outside world as a nation. Return to 2000 News Index National Endowment for the Arts Contact the Web Manager .