It is no coincidence that students at the lowest-performing schools in the country dont have access to the arts. As advocates, we see that arts education is an antidote to the narrow curricula, rote memorization and overreliance on high-stakes testing that leave too many teachers questioning their calling, and too many students unseen. Painting and ceramics, music and dance, photography and filmthese arent merely hobbies; they are some of humankinds most liberating pathways to creativity and catharsis. As human beings, we thrill to the excitement, joy and fun that the arts bring to the experience of learning, teaching and growing. Teachers say the arts help them connect across disciplinesbringing music into math class, sculpture into social studies, drawing into science and more.
the huge decreased violin and piano affordability in the next 20 years will pose another problem for the federal government
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the huge decreased violin and piano affordability in the next 20 years will pose another problem for the federal government
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