Obama not only articulates the need to fund arts through endowments and direct government funding, but also the bigger picture – the value of being creative, and learning “to see each other through each other's eyes".
03 September 2008
Barack Obama on reforming arts education
Nice piece from Barack Obama, speaking in Wallingford, PA about about reforming the education system and the importance of the arts. While he uses some of the usual rhetoric about the benefits of music and art tied to other positive outcomes in thinking, productivity and well-being – he also talks about the unintentional misuse of the US law around 'No job Left Behind' - school teaching measured by tests (reminiscent of Australia with Rudd's 'Education Revolution' - ie, no cultural curriculum? Why no painting in primary schools? ).
Obama not only articulates the need to fund arts through endowments and direct government funding, but also the bigger picture – the value of being creative, and learning “to see each other through each other's eyes".
Obama not only articulates the need to fund arts through endowments and direct government funding, but also the bigger picture – the value of being creative, and learning “to see each other through each other's eyes".
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
I appreciate his insightful view on arts education, especially the idea that concentrating merely on fulfilling the "set standards" is diminishing arts education, making is less "valuable" in "this quarter". I wish our presidential candidates would bring this up, instead of just bragging about the PISA-results..
Thanks for this!
Post a Comment