Creating and Sustaining Arts-Based School Reform

George W. Noblit is the Joseph R. Neikirk Distinguished Professor of Sociology of Education and Chair of Culture, Curriculum and Change in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. H. Dickson Corbett is an Independent Educational Researcher conducting evaluations of school reform initiatives. Bruce L. Wilson is an Independent Educational Researcher engaged in longitudinal research and evaluation projects focused on improving teaching and learning conditions in schools with populations of high poverty. Monica B. McKinney is Associate Professor, School of Education, Meredith College.

• @contents:Selected Contents:Preface About the Authors Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2An Unusual Development Chapter 3 Arts in Education: From Threatened Curriculum to a Way to Reform Schools Chapter 4Turning the Vision into Reality Chapter 5Reform Persistence in A+ Schools Chapter 6School Identity and Arts Integration Chapter 7Sustaining Arts-based School Reform Chapter 8Sustaining Change: The Difference the Arts Make in Schools Chapter 9Creative and Lasting School Reform: Lessons from the Arts Appendix References