Six Getty regional arts education institutes in California, Florida, Ohio, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Texas formed the National Arts Education Consortium in 1996. The Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge (TETAC) was funded by a $4.3 million grant from the Annenberg Trust, matched by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts. Thirty-five partner schools in eight states were engaged in a five-year project to place arts education at the core of the curriculum and assess resulting student achievement.

The Southeast Center worked with administrators, teachers, artists, parents, and business partners from six regional schools:
......• Browns Mill Elementary School and Magnet for High Achievers, Lithonia, GA
......• Lusher Alternative Elementary School, New Orleans
......• Mandeville Middle School, Mandeville, LA
......• Mary Lin Elementary School, Atlanta, GA
......• Wallace A. Smith Elementary School, Ooltewah, TN
......• West Side Magnet School, LaGrange, GA

Consortium members explored, assessed, and documented ways in which intensive professional development, comprehensive arts education, and systemic school reform could transform schools and their extended communities. The project ended in June 2001.

Download a copy of the Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge Report, which contains an executive summary, the complete report, lessons learned, and curriculum guidelines.