Barack Obama’s Thoughts About the Arts in Education
Barack Obama has talked a great deal about education. One of the top concerns I’ve heard from parents has been the loss of art and music in the schools because of the No Child Left Behind laws. There has been a decrease in the numbers of art and music classes in order to bring standardized test scores up. In this clip Barack Obama addresses an audience in Wallingford, PA. and discusses this issue.
We don’t know if Barack Obama is going to be in the presidential election yet and even if he was I don’t know for sure if I would vote for him. I do know for sure that I like what he has to say about keeping art and music in the schools.
There is a lot of research that proves there is a connection between music and math and art and creativity. No matter who our next president is I hope he or she decides to make the arts a part of their education policy.
What do you think about art in our education system? Too much? Too little?
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There is definitely not enough art in school.
When enough people get behind an idea it is bound to happen. Hopefully the election this year will bring us one step closer to having the arts represented in every school.
I agree with obama on the art program I’m a decent artis and love music i play paino and the guitar and I scored very high on the act and the sat in math at least but the truth is somedays if it wasn’t for some really fun project in art I would stayed home and faked an illness.
I think there are a lot of students like you, Haley, who sometimes go to school just because of their art or music teacher. I know sometimes arts teachers feel like their efforts aren’t recognized by the leaders of the schools. I hope they see your comment and know that the people who really matter, the students, appreciate and need them.