Outlines the roles of the following groups in creating and maintaining a quality school art program: superintendents and boards of education, principals, parent teacher organizations, state art supervisors, classroom teachers, local art supervisors, and certified art specialists. (SJL)

Summarizes a 1979 national survey on art(s) education. Results are discussed under four headings: professional staff; educational programs; state department responsibilities; and arts in general education. Tables include numbers of full-time art teachers, teacher education graduates, and state personnel, plus time allotments for elementary art…