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It’s time to stop justifying the arts because they can help our children do better on their SATs or other standardized tests, urges Jessica Hoffman Davis in this impassioned…
– Education Update Online
Arts education has no shortage of advocates, but there continues to be a need for a clearly developed case that supports the arts as an essential part of every child’s education. This book does just that. Aimed at administrators, policy makers and parents, it uses well-developed arguments, supported by research and manages to avoid the emotional hand-wringing that typifies a lot of advocacy papers..
– Richard Hickman
In her work, Why Our Schools Need the Arts (2008), Jessica Hoffmann Davis has provided arts advocates with a handbook for reaching beyond “advocates already working hard to make the case and secure a place for the arts”…
– NAEA News
With public schools across the country suffering from severe budget deficits, arts programs are often the first to be cut. Jessica Hoffmann Davis, a leading advocate in the field of arts education and former director of HGSE’s Arts in Education (AIE) Program, discussed the implications of this phenomenon in the recent Askwith Education Forum, Why Our Schools Need the Arts.
– Matt Corby
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