The National Education Association believes that artistic expression is essential to an individual’s intellectual, aesthetic, and emotional development. The Association also believes that fine arts transcend cultural barriers, foster multicultural understanding, and enhance critical thinking skills. The Association therefore believes that
pre-K through adult education curricula must include a balanced, comprehensive, and sequential program of fine arts instruction for all students taught by a licensed specialist in a facility or room designed and equipped for that purpose. Resources must be provided to maintain and upgrade materials and provide for emerging technologies.
The Association urges its state affiliates to become involved in the promotion, expansion, and implementation of an academic fine arts program in curricula and as a requirement for high school graduation. (1980, 2009)
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