Why Our Schools Need the Arts
''Why Our Schools Need the Arts is an inspiring book that leads the way to a new kind of advocacy - one that stops justifying the arts as useful to learning other subjects, and argues instead for the powerful lessons that the arts, like no other subject, teach our kids.'' --Arts & Learning Review, Winter 2008, Vol. 3, Issue 1In this book, Jessica Davis equips educators and advocates alike with a rich vocabulary and clear examples of how to teach and how to make the case for the essential and unique place of the arts in the school curriculum. --Richard J. Deasy, Director, Arts Education Partnership''Why Our Schools Need the Arts is an inspiring book that leads the way to a new kind of advocacy - one that stops justifying the arts as useful to learning other subjects, and argues instead for the powerful lessons that the arts, like no other subject, teach our kids.'' --Arts & Learning Review, Winter 2008, Vol. 3, Issue 1In this book, Jessica Davis equips educators and advocates alike with a rich vocabulary and clear examples of how to teach and how to make the case for the essential and unique place of the arts in the school curriculum. --Richard J. Deasy, Director, Arts Education PartnershipIn this book, Jessica Davis equips educators and advocates alike with a rich vocabulary and clear examples of how to teach and how to make the case for the essential and unique place of the arts in the school curriculum. --Richard J. Deasy, Director, Arts Education Partnership''Why Our Schools Need the Arts is an inspiring book that leads the way to a new kind of advocacy - one that stops justifying the arts as useful to learning other subjects, and argues instead for the powerful lessons that the arts, like no other subject, teach our kids.'' --Arts & Learning Review, Winter 2008, Vol. 3, Issue 1In this book, Jessica Davis equips educators and advocates alike with a rich vocabulary and clear examples of how to teach and how to make the case for the essential and unique place of the arts in the school curriculum. --Richard J. Deasy, Director, Arts Education PartnershipIn this book, Jessica Davis equips educators and advocates alike with a rich vocabulary and clear examples of how to teach and how to make the case for the essential and unique place of the arts in the school curriculum. --Richard J. Deasy, Director, Arts Education Partnership''Why Our Schools Need the Arts is an inspiring book that leads the way to a new kind of advocacy - one that stops justifying the arts as useful to learning other subjects, and argues instead for the powerful lessons that the arts, like no other subject, teach our kids.'' --Arts & Learning Review, Winter 2008, Vol. 3, Issue 1<br /><br />In this book, Jessica Davis equips educators and advocates alike with a rich vocabulary and clear examples of how to teach and how to make the case for the essential and unique place of the arts in the school curriculum. --Richard J. Deasy, Director, Arts Education Partnership