Did you know.... "Music" and "Art" are listed as stand alone subjects important to providing a well-rounded education in the current federal Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, that was signed into law in 2015
National Research shows employers are seeking the skills fine arts courses teach. However fine arts are undervalued and underfunded in many school districts across the country, if they exist at all.
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Quotes...
"Children that are playing music, their brain structure actually changes and their cerebral cortex actually gets larger,"
Susan Magsamen
Director of the International Arts and Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Co-author of the New York Times bestseller "Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us"
Co-author of the New York Times bestseller "Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us"