Intersections II: Community Arts and Education Collaborations is the report of a national study commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts. Its intention was to encourage, study, and document community arts and education partnerships, and to examine what contributes to and what blocks successful community and school partnerships on behalf of arts in education. Intersections describes typical steps in the development of a partnership, fundamental supporting systems, predictable problems, and specific trends and challenges in arts in education partnerships.