Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University College ...

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Forty-one states now have instructional requirements for arts education at all levels (elementary, middle, and high school), though only 17 states have policies regarding assessment in the subject, ...

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In their recent Commentary “The Productivity Imperative” (Jan. 7, 2009), Marguerite Roza, Dan Goldhaber, and Paul T. Hill suggest that schools could get better bang for their budget buck if they cut ...