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Struggling schools benefit from adding arts to learning
Author: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 01/10/2017
Categories: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Education, Art
Synopsis
At Renew Cultural Arts Academy, students put their multiplication tables to song, while eighth graders use the musical Hamilton to study debate. The public charter school’s curriculum is a product of a federal effort to use arts education to boost achievement in the nation’s lowest performing schools. Jeffrey Brown reports.