Education World – Nicole Gorman
“School art advocates told NPR that they are especially optimistic about how the new education legislation, the Every Student Succeeds Act, defines art education as a crucial component of a well-rounded education. Advocate Anna Warmbrand discusses the necessity of art in education to inspire success in even seemingly far-removed careers like business. “For our students to be well-rounded, to go out into the business world and be successful, they need to have presentation skills. They need to have their confidence. They need to have something they’re very good at that’s outside of an academic traditional thought of academic nature,” Warmbrand told NPR.”(more)