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Keep Arts in Schools: Voices of Innovation
Although only 1/3 of the population works in the creative sector, in fields ranging from science to design, nearly half of all wage and salary income in the United States is generated by the creative sector. -The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida
Keep Arts in Schools: Voices of Innovation
Keep Arts in Schools: Voices of Innovation
“For all the rhetoric about 21st century skills and the global economy… the idea that you can get all kids to be competitive and to be self-directed and to be able to work in teams and solve problems and to be able to communicate effectively without rehearsal, all of those are pleading for access to the one place in the classic education system that actually understands it, and that’s the arts.” -Peter McWalters, Rhode Island Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education and co-chair of the National Task Force on the Arts in Education
Keep Arts in Schools: Voices of Innovation