Because of the downfalls of the art world, many want to cut the funding for the arts in schools. Funding for the arts in todays schools should not be cut because there is a “healing power” to certain arts unlike anything…
The article I read is titled “Arts Education Matters: We Know, We Measured It”. This article highlights the importance and benefits of kids with knowledge and experience of the arts. They conduced an experiment with a control group that was not taught arts and one that was. The results were that kids exposed to the arts improved in the subject, made them more tolerant and compassionate, and it caused them to use critical thinking skills. Having results like that should make teaching art a priority in school, but since most teachers and parents want their children to grow up to have more reliable and structured jobs math’s and sciences mainly take priority.…
ANALYZING AN EDITORIAL The second article I read on school budget cuts involving the art programs had a lot of evidence supporting that we shouldn’t be cutting the arts. For example if schools are funded based on how many students a school has “Students who didn’t take a art class are five times more likely to drop out before graduation”(Valeriya Metla). With that kind of evidence you would think that would be enough. Where can we get the funding well there are government grants to help the art programs.…
The Fundamentality of the Arts in Public Education Picture a barren wasteland, empty of any thought that branches outside of normality. Beige walls decorate bland streets filled with broken dreams and sullied minds. This is the world without art. Earth takes breaths of life and joy because we strive to create. The world needs art, not for survival, but for the sake of its people.…
As I walked into the AP Studio Art classroom on the first day of my field study, I was taken aback by the vivid colors and distinct decorations that fought for my attention. Before studying the class, my perception of art had always been that it was sporadic, messy, and wild yet organized beautifully by an artist to make something for everyone to enjoy. This description fit the art classroom exactly. The walls were obviously originally painted white, but over the years have been transformed into landscapes of masterpieces by art students enrolled in the courses. Pictures of human eyes, dragons, mountains, and other shapes stole my attention as I attempted to take in the scenery.…
To benefit the students should be the number one priority of educators and throughout this budget cut crisis it has shown that it is not. The budget cuts aren’t the only crisis we have in the country. The crisis is our educators, who need to be informed on these benefits of art programs in schools, and students and parents need to take a stand against the distasteful education cutting occurring in schools and petition to have money allocated equally across programs to create an equality for all programs. With students and parents willfully fighting against educators, and educators becoming informed, they should opt to disperse funds equally among programs to keep the creativity and individuality alive in…
There is a great disparity amongst the students in the dull background, who are emotionally detached from the person being operated on, and the lady on the bottom left corner of the painting, who shows enormous distress and attachment to the patient. The students in the dull background look at their notes, or at the operation happening in the center of the painting. Most lean casually to the side or rest their head on a hand. A prominent example of this is the student in the upper left whose head tilts to the left as it sits in his palm while he sits with his legs spread apart with his foot on the furniture. This impassive body language the students demonstrate is echoed throughout the entire background of the piece.…
The benefits of arts programs far outweigh the negatives. The National Endowment for the Arts should continue to receive government funding due to convincing research regarding students excelling academically and socially while participating in arts…
Learning to create art projects, paint with water colors, or play a musical instrument was something to look forward to. Many school districts today are unable to offer these opportunities to students. With so little public funding available for arts programs, many school systems look to private funding. Private funding has now covered the expenses of everything from the marching band program to music programs at an elementary level. “The Elementary and Secondary Act, also known as the No Child Left Behind Act, has acted as a national curriculum policy by enabling school administrators to conceive of a curriculum that privileges reading and math, and neglects arts programming.”…
Schools around the world teach different forms of art as self-expression. Art is more than just visual or physical, it can be verbal. Visual art is highly known through drawing, writing, and painting. Some see sports as physical arts though dance is far more popular. Verbal art consists of story-telling, singing, or voice acting.…
My 6th grade Art class did not have its own classroom where we could think and do more. Some schools start having Fine Arts after half of the students were in middle school or in a higher grade where they only had a short while of doing or having Fine Arts which is why we should have more Fine Arts in school. Art education can benefit students in different ways,including improving student performance. As states continue to cut into school districts’ budget cuts and school districts struggle to avoid deficit spending, district superintendents are looking for ways to save money (Dickson). Art education in public schools usually includes any combination of dance,music, drama/theater,and visual arts classes(Metla).…
I recently returned from the Wyoming State Drama competition for 2014 that was held in Gillette Wyoming, a competition where every school from the state is welcome to bring with them plays to perform and compete with. My high school from Worland took two major shows as well as numerous other technical and smaller shows to compete with at this competition. When it was all said and done our school took third place with one of our big shows, second place with the other, and fist place for our division. We also placed extremely well in the rest of the areas that we competed allowing us to in fact be state champions and get to have fire truck ride when we returned home with three trophies and multiple medals. Now of this would have been possible…
Fine arts helps students by increasing their senses and emotions. The different parts of fine arts helps students each a different way. Music for example helps increase students listening ability. In my opinion this is great because it helps the student listen to the teacher more and comprehend more(“Arts Education in…
Art is a tool that lets students the limits of their own creativity, therefore art should be an important subject to fund through out every…
Schools have a better chance in getting higher test scores if they are able to support and acknowledge the importance of Visual and Performing Arts classes. The arts provide opportunities to explore and interpret and react to a world that can seem cruel and distant and complicated. Parents should not control what their children should spend their time doing, but rather support them in whatever they choose to enjoy. Schools should fully fund art education because it is not a waste of money or time; art education helps children who are at risk of dropping out of school. For a student being able to express themselves freely gives a more positive learning environment and a chance to view ideas in a different perspective.…