By
Nora Fleming on
June 5, 2013, “Education Week”
The
arts—said to be neglected by schools since the No Child Left Behind Act
of 2001 pressured them to focus on literacy and mathematics
instruction—may no longer be side-swiped for
other disciplines.
Some
expanded learning time schools are now using their longer school days
not just for additional instruction in math, reading, and the like, but
for arts education (dance, drawing,
theater, and music),
according to a new report released by the
Boston-based National Center on Time & Learning called “Advancing
Arts Through an Expanded School Day.” …."The two arenas of academics
(ELA and math) and the arts are often positioned
as competitors in a kind of zero-sum game, rather than as partners in a
potential educational synergy that holds both intrinsic and
instrumental benefits for students," the report says. "Arts education,
when it is approached with the seriousness of purpose
exemplified by the schools profiled in this report, can be a powerful
medium through which students come to love learning, strive for
excellence, and imagine a fulfilling, purposeful life."
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