School Spirit Double Standards How would the community react if a mere fifty spectators showed up to a home football game? Chances are, they would be disappointed. They might wonder where the school spirit is. However, nobody bats an eye when it happens at a band concert.…
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.…
Therefore, starting in 2008, public schools react to this fear by cutting seemingly unimportant studies: music, fine art, and drama (Johnson). In order to accommodate the lack of funding for the arts, schools have begun experimenting with interdisciplinary art curriculum, weaving forms of art through core material. The problem with interdisciplinary art curriculum does not…
Proposing the Problem Many newcomers of Clarksville complain that there is not enough to do in the city. As I have lived in Clarksville, I have searched for opportunities as an artist and musician. Although I have discovered a few places for artists to present their work, I find that a small number of people possess knowledge of these galleries. As a high school student nearing graduation, I have been presented with many opportunities to thrive in science, social studies, and technology, but there have been less chances to excel in the arts category. I believe that everyone’s passion should be supported equally within the community.…
Schools everywhere are constantly cutting arts because they useless and take too much money to run but actually the arts are very important to some kids because it help kids find a place and have fun. In another tv show called Glee the glee club who recently lost nationals is now being shut down due to low funding and tax. In order to keep the glee club, they needed a national win to keep funding. After there lost in nationals the glee club teacher Mr. Schuester goes to the principal to try to convince her to get funding “ The glee club is over! The kids need this!…
Over several years fine arts have been cut almost 80%, thus depriving children of expressing themselves and their ideas (10 Studies). Sports programs haven’t faced a massive cut like the fine arts programs because sports teams are able to raise funds from sports games when charging for admission. For elementary school’s the average amount per child for funding is about $2 for all fine arts (Stuart). This clearly isn’t enough money to have a fully functional music and art program for young children. Not only do these classes provide kids who love the freedom of expression a chance to explore their talents, but it grants children who aren’t as…
Unfortunately, because there is not enough funding in lower socioeconomic areas, art and music programs are often cut out of the education program and by default these children’s educations are now considered to be “less valuable”. Although the idea that their education is less valuable because of this is not really true, the fact that they are being underestimated because they don’t have creative…
Some students can be artistically gifted, but suck when it comes to academics. Same vice-versa, there might be students who do really well academically, but awful in the arts, but they wouldn’t have to worry because the two, academics and arts, are separated, and academics is taught to be so much more important than art. “The arts often are sidelined these days in an educational landscape of soaring expenses and standardized exams.” Teachers stress all these tests so much, and it makes students who don’t perform well, despite the fact that they might know the material, feel dumb compared to some of their other classmates, when that isn’t always the case. Some of these students excel in many other things that schools disregard because it isn’t something to be regarded as “academic”.…
Many social studies classes and fine arts classes have been eliminated due to pressure put on teachers to revise their curriculum so that their students achieve a passing grade on the mandatory tests. An imperative part of a child developing critical thinking skills are lessons that involve fine arts. As reported in Edutopia “It has become a mantra in education that No Child Left Behind, with its pressure to raise test scores has reduced classroom time devoted to the arts (and science, social studies, and everything else besides reading and math).” (Fran Smith). The programs that have been cut are those that would have allowed children to express themselves artistically.…
The arts are all around us and most of people enjoy what they add to his or her life but do they realize what it does for their brain? Education in the arts is an integral part of development and socialization of children but is often relegated to the sidelines. This is especially true when schools are pressed on funds and having to perform for testing that focuses on the science and math side of education. This should not be the case. The arts develop the brain intellectually and emotionally, and the effects of reducing them due to funding or other programs will be detrimental.…
SHOULD KIDS GET MORE ALL THE ARTS? Have you ever had a really long day, where your teacher is running around, trying to staple all of your homework assignments, you hardly have any time to relax, and you don't learn much? I'm sure that ALL of us have. The simplest way to fix this is in three words: All the Arts. All the Arts is a fun and educational program for kids, that teaches acting, art, music, dance, how to make a movie, and so much more!…
As a student who is also dedicated to the arts, I strongly believe that incorporating the fine arts into public education is vital to providing the best learning environment for everyone involved with the public school system. It provides something for each student with a mental break, way to express their passion in school, and provides the differentiation aspect that most schools strive for. For example, having an acting class in the midst of the long school day would provide the student with a low stress and accepting environment to be crazy and not think about school for fifty minutes. In addition, many students who find themselves in a high school theatre, art, or music class find a passion that they carry with them for their entire…
Performing Arts High Schools: Should the Government Fund Them? In ancient human societies, abilities in visual and musical arts were often considered prerequisites for government services, and were associated with religious and leadership roles. In medieval Europe, private tutors were sought after by wealthy families, and the middle and lower classes could seek apprenticeships to professional artists for music and art instructions. In the 1800s, public education begin in the United States (Flynn).…
“Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it.” (Aristotle) Throughout the country, school officials are cutting the performing arts budgets and getting rid of the programs altogether. There are many different opinions and ideas about the positive and negative affects of having performing arts programs in schools, like why they should be cut or kept. Although many believe that STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) programs have more benefits than performing arts programs, this is untrue because performing arts programs help students in many different areas, help their overall brain…
Most often, this is sadly the cause of them not being seen as an asset and a factor in enrollment issues. Like in our discussions, the arts are a way of teaching math and science without students being…