Comments on: New York Times article: challenges assumption that arts education boosts higher academic performance http://mystro2b.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/new-york-times-article-claims-correlation-between-arts-education-and-academic-performance-is-flawed/ "...Specialization is for Insects" -Lazarus Long Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:34:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Stengel99 http://mystro2b.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/new-york-times-article-claims-correlation-between-arts-education-and-academic-performance-is-flawed/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Stengel99 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:57:29 +0000 http://mystro2b.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/new-york-times-article-claims-correlation-between-arts-education-and-academic-performance-is-flawed/#comment-157 This is exactly the type of thing one of my former music profs used to warn us about. "What happens when your music students start getting lower test scores?" We can't put all our music advocacy eggs into one basket. What happens when the educational pendulum swings the other direction, away from test scores? Ever since this current emphasis on test scores (NCLB) took root, educators and politicians alike have been trying to change it. So the argument about music students getting high test scores may neither be true nor be significant. This is exactly the type of thing one of my former music profs used to warn us about. “What happens when your music students start getting lower test scores?” We can’t put all our music advocacy eggs into one basket. What happens when the educational pendulum swings the other direction, away from test scores? Ever since this current emphasis on test scores (NCLB) took root, educators and politicians alike have been trying to change it. So the argument about music students getting high test scores may neither be true nor be significant.

]]> By: Jessica Bennett http://mystro2b.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/new-york-times-article-claims-correlation-between-arts-education-and-academic-performance-is-flawed/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Jessica Bennett Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:06:10 +0000 http://mystro2b.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/new-york-times-article-claims-correlation-between-arts-education-and-academic-performance-is-flawed/#comment-151 It seems clear that arts education is good both for the benefits it brings to the student and for the ways it can help the student think critically across the spectrum of learning. Mark Cooper, a visual arts educator, posted today about it on <a href="http://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2008/04/thinking-critic.html" rel="nofollow">Beacon Broadside</a>. I'd love to hear your response. It seems clear that arts education is good both for the benefits it brings to the student and for the ways it can help the student think critically across the spectrum of learning. Mark Cooper, a visual arts educator, posted today about it on Beacon Broadside. I’d love to hear your response.

]]> By: ailisa http://mystro2b.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/new-york-times-article-claims-correlation-between-arts-education-and-academic-performance-is-flawed/comment-page-1/#comment-150 ailisa Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:58:31 +0000 http://mystro2b.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/new-york-times-article-claims-correlation-between-arts-education-and-academic-performance-is-flawed/#comment-150 if they are only using change in standardized tests results we can't judge the affect the arts has on learning other subjects since standardized tests are not an accurate measure of learning if they are only using change in standardized tests results we can’t judge the affect the arts has on learning other subjects since standardized tests are not an accurate measure of learning

]]> By: Mathew http://mystro2b.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/new-york-times-article-claims-correlation-between-arts-education-and-academic-performance-is-flawed/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Mathew Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:49:07 +0000 http://mystro2b.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/new-york-times-article-claims-correlation-between-arts-education-and-academic-performance-is-flawed/#comment-149 Good article. Someone was arguing (and may have been been you) that using academics as a justification for music is the wrong argument anyway. We're teaching music because of the ways in which in enriches our lives and encourages creativity. I look forward to your comeback. Good article.

Someone was arguing (and may have been been you) that using academics as a justification for music is the wrong argument anyway. We’re teaching music because of the ways in which in enriches our lives and encourages creativity.

I look forward to your comeback.

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