Educators in the San Francisco Public Schools are frustrated by the lack of balance in education. The recent focus on mandatory testing has moved schools nationwide away from holistic education. And this can have serious consequences on children in the San Francisco Schools.
Richard Florida in The Flight of the Creative Class says, What we really need in order to prepare our children for the creative economy is a comprehensive education. Something that takes them from aesthetics to algebra without pretending that the two are mutually exclusive. Aha!
Elliot W. Eisner, professor of education and art, Stanford University agrees. He states that The arts are fundamental resources through which the world is viewed, meaning is created, and the mind developed. Arts education has a profound effect on students, theres no doubt about it. San Francisco Schools are finally acknowledging this, and are acting on it
In March 2004, voters, in unprecedented numbers, passed Proposition H. This proposition earmarked tens of millions of city funds for schools, including new funds for arts education. This had added further community and political support to the cause of arts...
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