Music Facts
FROM: PARTNERSHIP FOR 21ST CENTURY SKILLS http://www.p21.org/
The arts – dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts, which collectively include the media arts – are recognized as “core academic subjects” in Federal law, as well as in state statutes and core educational documents.
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 20 U.S.C. § 9101 (11)
“The Value and Quality of Arts Education: A Statement of Principles” (1998), http://www.menc.org/about/view/the-value-and-quality-of-arts-education
Academic Preparation for College: What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do (New York: The College Board, 1983), still in use
Business leaders and visionary thinkers concerned about preparation of students for the future know that the ability to be creative – a key 21st Century Skill – is native to the arts and is one of the primary processes learned through arts education.
Daniel Pink. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future. New York: Penguin, 2005
Thomas L. Friedman. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century 3d ed. New York:Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007
The Conference Board. Ready to Innovate: Are Educators and Executives Aligned on the Creative Readiness of the U.S. Workforce? (2008)
The College Board, 2008. Arts at the Core: Recommendations for Advancing the State of Arts Education in the 21st Century, 2009
Students’ capacity to create and express themselves through the arts is one of the central qualities that make them human, as well as a basis for success in the 21st century.
For more information on the arts and 21st century skills, see this skill map: http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_arts_map_final.pdf
The arts – dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts, which collectively include the media arts – are recognized as “core academic subjects” in Federal law, as well as in state statutes and core educational documents.
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 20 U.S.C. § 9101 (11)
“The Value and Quality of Arts Education: A Statement of Principles” (1998), http://www.menc.org/about/view/the-value-and-quality-of-arts-education
Academic Preparation for College: What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do (New York: The College Board, 1983), still in use
Business leaders and visionary thinkers concerned about preparation of students for the future know that the ability to be creative – a key 21st Century Skill – is native to the arts and is one of the primary processes learned through arts education.
Daniel Pink. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future. New York: Penguin, 2005
Thomas L. Friedman. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century 3d ed. New York:Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007
The Conference Board. Ready to Innovate: Are Educators and Executives Aligned on the Creative Readiness of the U.S. Workforce? (2008)
The College Board, 2008. Arts at the Core: Recommendations for Advancing the State of Arts Education in the 21st Century, 2009
Students’ capacity to create and express themselves through the arts is one of the central qualities that make them human, as well as a basis for success in the 21st century.
For more information on the arts and 21st century skills, see this skill map: http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_arts_map_final.pdf
