My Rationale for Arts Education in the Public School System
Don't be fooled. I have witnessed first-hand how a quality Art Education in California public schools can affect state test scores and grades. Below you will find my explanation of why the Arts are significant in public education and why it is important to stop eliminating them. Benefits of a quality arts program. Students who participate in a quality arts program benefit in several ways. It develops their critical thinking skills, artistic abilities, self-confidence, social interaction, and their enthusiasm for arts and other core subject areas. While many may believe the visual arts is merely consisted of developing drawing, painting, sculpting, and graphic design abilities, a quality visual arts program will also challenge students to develop observational acuity skills (learning how to see better) and envisioning skills (learning how to generate mental images). Last and most important, students can explore, create, invent, all while learning and having fun
