This timely book takes up the challenge of maintaining programs in the arts in the face of unrelenting pressure from two directions; the increasing focus on literacy and numeracy in schools, teamed with the cut-backs in public funding that often affect the arts most severely. Drawing on the wealth of evidence already available on the impact of the

Brian Caldwell is Managing Director and Principal Consultant at Educational Transformations, Australia, and Professorial Fellow and former Dean of Education at the University of Melbourne. Tanya Vaughan is a scientist and Senior Consulting Researcher at Educational Transformations, Australia, where she is Chief Investigator for the landmark Australian studies on student engagement in the arts.

1. The Challenge of Transforming Schools2. Pitfalls in Educational Reform 3. Arguments for Engagement in the Arts4. Methodologies for Breakthrough Studies5. Impact on Student Achievement6. Impact on Student Wellbeing7. Studies of Schools Where Arts Interventions have Succeeded8. Turning around Schools through Engagement in the Arts9. A Policy Agenda