...Thoma Professor Murphy English 131 9 October 2014 The Arts in Public Schools: Is It a Priority or Not? Everyone has taken some type of art program in school. Whether it was music, art, drama, creative writing, or visual arts. Some students may have learned something from it like any other class. The arts programs are very important to many students especially when they reach high school. They want to take that class and turn it into their career. Though some say it is not an important class and a distraction to the more important classes such as math, science, and English. The art and music programs in public schools are very important to the education for students. There is a debate that is currently suggesting that the education of art and music is linked to the “Educate America Act of 2000, which outlines the goals and standards for the nation’s education” (Flynn, 2011). According to the “Educate America Act lists arts education as a part of the core curriculum, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) and the NEA are the federal agencies that are responsible for the federal funds for arts education; and to them the arts education is one of the lowest priorities” (Flynn, 2011). Many public schools offer art and music education at the levels of elementary school. It is a more local decision that is made to fund art and music education in higher school levels, which higher levels provide art and music classes that are optional to the students (Flynn, 2011). Seven successful...
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...phrase ‘The Mozart Effect’, aptly named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, describes a phenomenon where children, under the age of three, listened to Mozart’s music and have improved brain function. According to Claudia Hammond, this phenomenon originated in 1991 when a study at the University of California Irvine showed that students who listened to Mozart and then attempted spatial puzzles completed those puzzles more successfully than students who did not listen to Mozart. A farmer in Italy claimed that when his “buffalos were played Mozart three times a day, they produced better milk” (Hammond) and some studies have found that simply listening to as well as practicing music “can increase IQ by as much as three points” (Hammond). Even...
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...success of students in public schools. In instances where there are poor structural facilities, a poor teacher-to-student ratio, and insufficient access to learning materials such as textbooks and computers, students consistently lack what they need to excel academically; thus, increasing the likelihood that they will not be successful in school. Although others will argue that current funding for public schools provides for an adequate educational environment, the current funding of all public schools should be increased in order to further reduce drop-out rates, increase the number of teachers, improve facilities, and the overall educational structure. Inadequate funding in public schools is causing a reduction of teachers and materials. Pascual states “funding problems have forced many public schools to reduce teaching staffs and cut back on classes that are outside of the state’s core curriculum, such as music and arts”. Public schools need classes like music and arts as these have shown to enhance productivity, creativity, and interest in education. Increasing funding will ensure these programs will be available to all students. It has been shown that if children are interested in school that they will excel. “Researchers have found that students are going without the basics like books and computers and access to state mandated courses, despite a Court of Appeals ruling that the state has a constitutional obligation to provide every public school student the opportunity...
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...CCHS is at risk of losing its art and music programs due to budget cuts. With the little money they have CCHS is funding sports such as football, basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, track, and cross country. On top of all of those expenses the school also has to provide the students with paper and computers, they pay for the wireless internet for the year, and they have to pay the teachers for teaching their students every year. So with all of these expenses any one could see why they are wanting to drop a couple of classes. Music and art sound like the best way to go when it comes to getting rid of a program because they do not prepare the children for the future unless they are going to be an artists or singer. Even if that is the kids...
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...Organization of a book fair I have chosen to do my research paper on the organization of the book fair for a non-profit company in a major United States city. This book fair will take place in San Francisco, California. There are many non-profit organizations here in San Francisco that could use the help of a fundraiser. There are schools, health organizations, medical clinics, homeless shelters, and food banks to name a few. Successful planning and organizing a fundraiser will make this project successful. To begin the planning stage of this fundraiser, I will need to do much research. This is going to be a book fundraiser. Looking at cost effective ways to hold this fundraiser is crucial since the outcome is to raise money for a particular organization. I will first look at a venue. Is it less expensive to hold a fundraiser on the Internet or is it more cost efficient to hold it a location. Having a fundraiser on the Internet does not seem a personable to me. However, it might be more cost efficient. Holding a fundraiser at a physical location seems that it would be more successful. The advertising and promotion of a fundraiser are just as important. Getting the most exposure to the public will help with the success of my fundraiser. I will need to research to find out if advertising and promoting this book fundraiser is more or less expensive than with actual physical advertising. I am leaning more to the physical...
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...Research has shown that when the arts are included in the school curriculum the benefits to the students are many. Students who suffer from disorders such as autism, attention deficit disorder. And some from dysfunctional backgrounds shows increased self-esteem when participation in arts programs in their school. Success in various from of the arts helped these student feel more positive about themselves and their abilities to learn. Many students learn to work with others in a positive manner. Working with others teach valuable skills teamwork. They learn that teamwork is vital for the success of the group. It teaches each member of the team their worth, the importance communication and various social skills need for success of the team....
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...in Elementary Schools A Review of the Literature Detra B. Bynum Capella University Author Note This paper was prepared for Education 5200, taught by Leonard Snyder Abstract My literature review will show a connection between cognition, social and emotional development and the arts. Some students in schools where the arts are an integral part of the academic program tend to do better in school than those students where that is not the case. It will also show why it is so important to have art and music classes in the elementary schools. It will also show how the teachers can help develop cognitive skills by using the arts in their lesson plan. They can intertwine the creative arts curriculum with other subject such as reading; math and science to develop better studying, concentration and listening skills. Studies will show that children need expressionism with the other subjects to complete their learning process. The review will show why the arts need to be implemented back in the curriculum of elementary schools. We have the opinions of others, that younger school children should be required to study math language; science and history are those people who think it may not be necessary to learn art and music. Contrary to those people's viewpoint, my strong opinion regarding that statement is that younger school children have to be required to study art and music. This literature review may point out that art and music play unique...
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...children in school now are not getting the full education that they deserve. With the recent downturn of the economy, many have been forced to give up things we took for granted in the past. The school system has been hit particularly hard by the recession and has been forced to make a long list of cuts to their programs. Most of the programs that have been chosen to be cut are either the art or after school programs, if not both. The effects of these programs being canceled is having a larger effect on the children than most would like to admit to. Some of the negative effects of these programs being canceled are the lack of creative expression and exploration; children who need extra assistance are no longer able to receive it, and an increased chance that children might fall into gangs. These are all challenges that children face when a well-rounded education and available support system are deemed expendable and canceled. Before we jump directly into the negative effects of these programs being forced to close, it’s important to understand why they were closed. What we have now come to call the Great Recession has had a disastrous and tolling effect on the entire word. The global economic bubble bursting left a monstrous vacuum of money leading to everyone from the average person on the street to the federal government desperately short on cash. In an attempt to stay afloat most, if not all, organizations had to make cuts to the programs they offered. The programs that were...
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...Ziada Meraz Program Planning and Grant Proposal Writing in Human Services HSM/270 Shelley Johnson Feb 15,2015 Alternative Funding Traditional funding through government agencies and corporations who donate to organizations and agencies is becoming harder and more competitive to attain; more organizations are relying on them when less money is available. The economic conditions are making it hard for more tradition funding methods to bring in enough revenue to match the amount of grants requested. More and more agencies are turning to non-traditional sources to generate the income they need to keep their programs operating. Even those sources are becoming more difficult to find, but with a little work and a lot of creative talent they can be found. The Santa Rosa Philharmonic Youth Symphony (SRPYS) is no different than other organizations that strive to provide a human service to a target population. In this case, the population is the youth of the Santa Rosa and surrounding areas that appreciate music and want to further their musical education. The local schools have lost funding for their music program and this organization wants to help pick up the deficit by offering a program to allow students to continue their education. The funding is all that is necessary since the agency already exists, has a facility, and has staffing which can work with students; the budget to run the additional program is the stalling point to the inception of the program. Since most...
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...ensures that school district budgetary and financial information are available, comparable and audited, and that school districts are meeting their legislated and government policy based financial responsibilities. Background of Emergency Financial Manager An interview was not conducted with the school business manager of Detroit Public Schools. Therefore, I researched the school district plan to demonstrate accountability (Detroit Public Schools, 2011). Roy S. Roberts was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan in May 2011. Mr. Roberts, former Managing Director at Reliant Equity Investors, has decades of managerial, financial and organizational experience, having served as the highest ranking African American executive in the United States automobile industry as Group Vice President for North American Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing of General Motors Corporation (GMC). He served as Vice President and General Manager of the Pontiac-GMC Division, presiding over the merger of Pontiac-GMC, which was the first at GM to lead such a merger. Prior to his 23 year career with General Motors, Mr. Roberts spent 17 years with the Aerospace division of Lear Siegler Corporation. Mr. Roberts earned a degree in Business Administration from Western Michigan University and completed the Executive Development Program at Harvard Business School and the General Motors Advanced International General Management Program in Switzerland. District Demonstrates Accountability of its Funds State...
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...strict review over their program and budget to make sure they are getting their best value of each dollar they spend. For starters to decrease their budget they are having each company take 4% out of their basic levels of the company’s. The budget board of the legislative office and the governor’s office will provide compensation for these base level programs. The letter was sent out all over the state for all of the state-funded programs. State agencies, court justices, smaller...
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...EDA 535 ADA vs. ADM May 28, 2014 Distributing funds into a school can be quite a challenge, especially in a situation where there is only one funding source. Because the schools in the state are not allowed to levy local taxes, a plan will have to be created to ensure that appropriate actions are in place to make sure that there is an equalized distribution of funding. “Average Daily Attendance (ADA) counts are based on the numbers of children actually in attendance in a school or district each day. Average Daily Membership (ADM) measures the numbers of children enrolled to attend a specific district throughout the year” (retrieved from schoolfinance101.wordpress.com). For example, at a particular school in a district there is a population of 1,000 students with 90% attendance and the weighted pupil units per district is $5,000. When using ADM, the weighted pupil units will remain at $5,000. However, if ADA is being used, the actual WPU would be $4,500. This would be a $500 decrease. With the aforementioned definitions of ADA and ADM, I would choose to use Average Daily Membership when distributing funds. Because ADA uses attendance rates, schools with lower attendance rates would suffer. Research shows that “districts with high poverty concentration and high minority concentrations have lower attendance rates for reasons beyond control” (retrieved from schoolfinance101.wordpress.com). Unfortunately, Louisiana has several districts with both high poverty and high...
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...sponsorships are detrimental to the function of public schools. The corporations who traditionally support schools generally aim towards sports for most of their advertising, widening the gap between sports funding and arts funding. The corporations also may not represent the belief system of the schools. Finally, the corporations destroy local businesses. The singular advantage is that schools have funding to educate their students, however this money can be attained with methods that benefit the school rather than take away from the learning of the students. Corporations traditionally advertise in sports areas. Their ads can be found in the gymnasium, football stadium,...
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...National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) research shows that low socioeconomic students who had art experiences in high school were ten percent more likely to complete a high school calculus course than low socioeconomic students with low arts exposure, which is 33 versus 23 percent. Students with access to the arts in high school were three times more likely than students who lacked those experiences to earn a bachelor's degree. When it comes to participating in extracurricular activities in high school, high-arts, low socioeconomic students are much more likely also to take part in intramural...
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...Music is both an aural and temporal combination. All its elements are likened into a tapestry moving in time. Ronald Thomas (2016), in his book “A Structure for Music Education” articulate that the nature of music is expressive, ongoing and creative. He further states that music conveys ideas and feelings in a way that addresses the human spirit and has great value in its communicative process. Music is therefore a continuing art. At the heart of music’s importance is its ability to provide a student with a true aesthetic experience. Experiencing this aesthetic sense through singing or playing an instrument alone or with others is an activity as old as human kind. Learning about and participating in music teaches critical thinking, problem...
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