Reaching a strategic inflection point: current education reform initiatives and arts education.

What are the implications of current education reform initiatives for arts education policy development? Andrew S. Grove, CEO of Intel, describes a phenomenon in business that signals a need for change as a "strategic inflection point." Such a point occurs when the balance of forces shifts from the old structure, from old ways of doing business and old ways of competing, to new ones.

When does a strategic inflection point take place? That is difficult to pinpoint, even in retrospect. In fact, people who live through one develop different senses of when the inflection ...

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