Art education in schools slowly detoriorates the higher up you go. In elementary and middle school you have to be very involved in art but in high school it's a joke. You just show up to class and you get an "A". Currently I'm in an Intro to Art class for my first semester of college. I would say that it has definitely been the most involved I have ever been in art. Our teacher makes us go to plays, musicals, and other cultural events so that we can exempt our final and we even had to go to the high museum so that we could get extra points on our midterm. Overall, I would say that art education in schools is only good if you have a teacher that is dedicated to the cause.