The case for an arts-based curriculum: continuation school students are most in need of innovative teachers and a curriculum that offers a platform for different learning modalities.

From: Leadership | Date: March 1, 2007| Author: Gates, Janie Yuguchi; Stuht, Amy Colcord | Copyright information

The role of arts in learning has long been debated in educational circles. On the one hand, large groups of the education community assert that the arts are an integral part of the public school curriculum; on the other hand, that same education community moves to trim arts programs when budgets get tight or student test scores dip.

In the early years of the 20th Century, John Dewey posited that the purpose of public education was to develop the whole child, including se...

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