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Matthew Arnold, the masses, and arts education.

Arts Education Policy Review,  January, 2007  by Pratt, Linda Ray

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Abstract: In this article, the author examines the current arts education policies in the United States through the lens of Matthew Arnold's work and prose during his time as one of Her Majesty's School Inspectors in England and Wales in the nineteenth century. Arnold argued for government funding of public school systems, setting standards of quality for teacher education, and many other issues that still affect us today.

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His passion for a liberal education that included everyone, reinforced by his belief in the moral and humanistic goals that could be reached through an education ...

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