The Importance Of The Arts In Schools

All around the United States, art programs are being cut out of the budget in public schools. The arts include dance, band, chorus, theatre, film, drawing, painting, photography and literary arts. Some school board members feel these art programs are not necessary and do not benefit the students in any way. Elementary, middle, and high school students are forced to quit their passion and feel that their talents are not supported by their schools. Although many are not aware, there is a strong connection between arts education and academic achievement. Unfortunately, due to budget cuts in many public schools, the art classes are first on the list to be cut. It is important that the students, parents and teachers

The educational subject areas focusing on the fine arts and cultural studies are notable for their many shared developmental outcomes and related teaching methodology challenges. Analysis of previously implemented art-based programs and learning strategies devised to supplement cultural studies indicates it may be a uniquely productive approach. The use of creative instruction in forms including but not limited to play-acting, creation of visual arts, and musical instruction has high effectiveness in the context of maximizing student receptivity to cultural transmission. Students of both subjects have also been observed to demonstrate markedly improved intellectual, behavioral, and emotional growth from programs which integrate up-to-date modern research and intuitive planning to navigate the complex environment of cultural pluralism. Many such programs feature the direct involvement of artists and other relevant professionals with students to enrich and ensure the quality of the educational experience.

“After a certain high level of technical skill achieved, science and arts tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientist are artist as well” (Albert Einstein). In this advanced modern tech-world mostly people are dependent on science and technology, but arts also play an important role in education. Art creates balanced thinking and better imagination which helps humans to be successful in their career. Yo-Yo Ma intensely informs about important role of arts in modern education society throughout his essay Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and education. Ma illustrates that arts should be also part of education, because it improve students to filter their imagination through disciplined knowledge. Liberal arts should be equal to science and technology because it creates new idea, and in this modern world people should think critical than divergent in their lives. Empathy teaches students to understand and simplify the complicated life. Collaboration include discussion amongst people or group to make things effortless. Moreover liberal arts itself is beauty such as performing arts, it values the beauty of imagination in modern society by art and sculpture.

Art is around us everywhere we go. Art can be in architecture, landscaping, performances and paintings. The arts can affect the way people think and how they act, like when a young child draws or paints a picture, they have to make small choices that can help them in many aspects of life. BUt sadly the beneficial education tool of The Arts has been in a rapid decline. In her article, School Art Programs: Should They Be Saved?, Valeria Metia says, “During the 1999-2000 school year, 20 percent of schools offered dance and theatre classes, but in the 2009-10 school year, only 3 percent of schools allocated funds for dance classes, and only 4 percent taught theatre.” Since this decrease in art programs students ages 5-18 are missing out on valuable characteristics in their education. Art gives students improved test scores and better thinking skills, significantly higher graduation rates,better performance in schoolwork,development of habits including problem solving, critical and creative thinking, and working with others and a happier and better school day. SInce art is so beneficial to a student's learning we should push harder and get art programs into our public schools again.

Through the recent years, school budget cuts have led to the discontinuation of many classroom and extracurricular activities, including the visual and performing arts. Yet, because of this, classrooms are losing out on a very effective tool that can help aid the academic and social-emotional developments. According to Lorie Scott, Sallie Harper and Mathew Boggan, “Art integration helps students to engage in meaningful learning as well as understanding at a much more defined and deeper level” (2012, p.83). Unfortunately, arts programs are limited to only the wealthier schools and have been eliminated from those schools for the more marginalized youth including English language learners and that of inner cities (Lorimer, 2011).

The era of accountability has heavily swayed public schools towards narrowing the curriculum across content and disciplines. Student test scores have become the measure in which states, districts, schools, classrooms, and teachers are deemed “excellent.” Also, many schools have been confronted with budget cuts that determine the content offered in schools. Unfortunately, arts programming across the United States’ K-12 public education has been minimized and/or not given the proper attention it deserves. To strengthen the argument for arts education, researchers have developed the integration of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to curriculum and lesson planning. I argue that the integration of the arts in classroom curriculum with early childhoods students can provide benefits not only for students but teachers. Arts education centers on allowing both students and teachers to engage in creativity and bring out their multiple intelligence. I recognize four reasons why arts education is a valuable tool with young children: (1) arts can be used across subjects and context (interdisciplinary), (2) it touches on the needs of different learners (multiple intelligence), (3) flexibility that allows creativity in the classroom, and (4) shifts away from traditional methods of rote learning.

“The arts are an essential element of education, just like reading writing, and arithmetic…music dance, painting, and theatre are all keys that unlock profound human understanding and accomplishment” (William Bennett, Former US Secretary of Education).

In the United States, school systems are making budget cuts with the arts programs being the first to go. The arts programs however are a very crucial part to a student’s life. But first, what exactly do the arts programs consist of? According to US Legal, the definition of an Arts education, in other words the arts programs, is “learning, instruction and programming based upon the visual and tangible arts. Art education includes performing arts like dance, music, theater, and visual arts like drawing, painting, sculpture, and design works. Design works include design in jewelry, pottery, weaving and fabrics.” It is a fundamental core that the boards of school tend to overlook. As Sir Ken Robison says, “We don’t grow into creativity, we get

In a recent report called “Arts education,” it stated “in 2018, only 16% of elementary schools with grades 7 or 8 report having a specialist visual arts teacher. . .” (Gill 5). In this report, it listed several ways in which the arts education is lacking among elementary and high schools in Ontario. The benefits for my proposed arts program is it will help expand the access for arts education outside of school in Ontario. My program can do this by providing visual arts classes that will teach children how to paint, draw, and sketch while relieving stress among participants. My program will be able to reach out to students passionate for the arts that don’t have the proper arts programing in their elementary

From someone’s favorite TV show to the number one hit song on the radio, the arts are everywhere. The arts can include chorus, band, art, drama, and foreign languages--depending on who is asked--but the fact still remains: The arts are in the everyday lives of every single person in the United States, possibly even the world. However, some people do not find the arts to be important for children and students to learn in school. This opinion, wherever it stems from, can be proven incorrect by the scientific research and psychological evidence that shows the arts can help children develop at a young age, improve high school and junior high students’ academic performance, and positively affect the futures of those same kids.The arts are important

I conducted this project based on the multicultural education and counseling through the arts program also known as MECA. A community program that is currently “Creating a brighter future for Houston since 1977” (“Homepage-MECA”, 2015). MECA is a community-based non-profit organization committed to the healthy development of underserved youth and adults through arts and cultural programming, academic excellence, support services, and community building (“Homepage-MECA”, 2015). MECA serves thousands of students and their families each year by providing quality arts education, and support services such as; tutoring, mentoring, and counseling. I chose MECA as my organization because it shares the same values that I have. MECA’s believes in quality instruction because it will help build the lives of kids, provide children with opportunities to grow strong, and demonstrate that they can make a real difference in the world. Alongside I noticed that the most dedicated and passionate educators and volunteers help teach children at MECA lessons that will serve them well for the rest of their lives. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to examine how do art education intervention programs affect children 's success in school? By providing my perspectives based on my observations and research.

Art education has been proven to help with “cognitive ability, critical thinking, and verbal skills” as well as “motivation, concentration, confidence, and teamwork” (Smith). Having the ability and patience to sit down and paint a masterpiece or work through a song on the piano requires high focus and dedication. Students willing to do this will in turn have stronger skills to focus and be dedicated in other subjects. The mixture of all these abilities gained from participation in art programs lead to higher test scores and overall better performance in school. Still, these are only a few of the assets provided by art education.

My research questions needed for this argument included: Why is art important for education? as well as, How do the arts affect learning? In order to learn more and gain more adequate information I also asked the following questions: What are the mental and cognitive benefits to arts in education?, How much would it really take to keep the arts?, and What effects have taken place since the arts have been cut? Integrating arts in education has been a topic over the last few decades. However, saving the art programs in education is a more recent issue within the last 8-10 years as school budgets have tightened and as well as the

As schools strive for academic success, the advancement of creativity, as well as imagination, has declined. I would like to make an argumentative statement that pre-K is the child’s first initial stage where they begin to develop a sense of creativity, passion, inspiration, curiosity, and imagination. However, the skills taught and learned in pre-k does not follow through as they move up to Kindergarten. The sense of creativity and explorational skills are replaced by constant push for reading and math. From the start of Kindergarten, the availability of arts, crafts, exploration of nature, and presence of dance starts to fade and is replaced by math and English. Including the art piece into the educational system can greatly enhance and encourage hands-on experiences that engraves positive engagement for all students. I believe that creation of art, dance, sporting activity and literature should be included as the fundamental core standards alongside math and English.

After decades of capitalizing the importance of workplace skills while cutting spending for dance class, music lessons, performing arts, and visual arts; schools are starting to realize that students in art programs do better academically than those who are not involved in fine arts. Most schools emphasize core curriculum classes and tend to not see the importance of fine art classes. “An elementary school in Georgia discovered that the teachers who used visual arts in their classes scored higher on science assessments than the teachers who did not.” (Stirgus, “Arts Coming Back”) When visual arts are used, it engages students in an uncommon way and makes