Is there a Class in this Text?

Part one of an ambitious series of articles dealing with the
state of ""Art Education and Community Cultural Work''. It
outlines the the contemporary politico-pedagocical issues at
stake in the USA. Two recent studies are examined in depth:
""American Memory: A Report on the Humanities in the Nation's
Schools'' (1987) by Lynne V. Cheney, and ""Toward Civilization:
A Report on Arts Education'' (1988). Both Reports discuss
current educational dilemmas and provide influential and rather
conservative recommendations, including a ""strengthened
educational orientation for the National Endowments of the
Arts''. The author's conclusion: ""The lesson to be gained (by
these Reports) should be an appreciation of the ideological
potential of education. Intellectuals on the left will need to
rethink their positions as scholars and artists in order to
regain lost territory''.