LaFee, Scott "ART SMARTS: Lessons Learned About Investing in a Well-rounded Education." Education Digest 74.1 (2008): 42-46. Corporate ResourceNet. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2009.
This article discusses the issue of funding for arts education, describing how many people believe the arts are important, but the arts are often the first classes to go when schools cut budgets. The author discusses the effects that the No Child Left Behind Act has had on arts education, limiting it as schools focus more on core academic subjects and standardized tests. He then examines the positive effects arts education have on students, using statistics to describe the positive impacts that involvement in the arts can have on students’ learning in all subjects.
Morrison, Toni "Nobel Lecture 1993." World Literature Today 68.1 (1994): 5. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2009.
This lecture does not relate directly to arts education, but can still be used to support my argument. In her lecture, Morrison discusses the importance of language and expression. This relates to arts education because it represents the importance of teaching the arts as a way for students to use language and express themselves. By not teaching arts in schools children are not being taught to live to their full potential. This is basically what Morrison says about “dead language”.
Spohn, Cydney "Teacher Perspectives on No Child Left Behind and Arts Education: A Case Study." Arts Education Policy Review 109.4 (2008): 3-12. Corporate ResourceNet. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2009.
In this case study the author investigated the effects of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) on a public school district’s arts programs. Through this case study the author proves that, even though NCLB describes the arts as a core academic subject, arts programs have suffered because of the Act’s provisions that require standardized testing in math and reading. This case study uses statistical evidence along with, as shown by the title, the opinions and perspectives of teachers in the school district being studied to describe the decrease in the arts programs due to NCLB.
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