In February, he painted pictures of African-American leaders and learned about their contributions. He also made a small clay pot, which was fired, that he keeps in his room. I'm afraid they're going to hurt the development of the children. Some teachers worry that arts education is thought of only as a fun activity such as arts and crafts. But they say it's much more.
Children learn about history, culture, problem-solving, organization and cooperation.
They fear that if art is only taught from a cart, it could be reduced to drawing, cutting and pasting. We have legislators who are not in the schools and they have no idea what the impact of these decisions are. St. Petersburg Times. All rights reserved.