Arts Education Advocacy and Policy

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In arts education, policy experts operate as plumbers. They seem to only be acknowledged when a problem occurs - like when a newly implemented policy creates a barrier to licensure or a state changes high school graduation requirements - not to mention perennial budgetary crises that have students, parents, and community members wondering what courses will be cut. Through the study of arts education, political science, and education policy, this course empowers arts advocates and teachers to participate in local policy activism by clarifying their goals and expectations as well as help them explore the education policy quagmire through the arts education lens. Offered as MUED 348 , MUED 448 , POSC 382B , and POSC 482B .