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Why Our Schools Need the Arts: 0
	Author: Jessica Hoffmann Davis Publisher: Teachers College Press Category: Book List Price: ~~$21.95~~ Buy New: $19.25 You Save: $2.70 (12%) New (14) Used (5) from $19.25 Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 297748 Media: Paperback Pages: 160 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3 Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.4 ISBN: 080774834X Dewey Decimal Number: 700.71 EAN: 9780807748343 ASIN: 080774834X Publication Date: December 14, 2007 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available Condition: New Condition. SKU:13958957 All orders shipped within 24 hours. 14 day money back guarantee


Editorial Reviews: Product Description ''This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about kids the ones who are naturally drawn to the arts over sciences, for whom cutting the arts is depriving them of their very nature, and those who badly need an introduction to the arts to balance their gifts in other subjects. We must be able to promise all of them that the arts will have a well-loved and revered place in the curriculum. This powerful book will help us to do so.'' -- Carly Simon, author and musician ''In this book, Jessica Davis equips educators and advocates alike with a rich vocabulary and clear examples of how to teach and how to make the case for the essential and unique place of the arts in the school curriculum.'' -- Richard J. Deasy, Director, Arts Education Partnership This inspiring book leads the way to a new kind of advocacy one that stops justifying the arts as useful to learning other subjects, and argues instead for the powerful lessons that the arts, like no other subjects, teach our kids. Jessica Hoffmann Davis, a leading voice in the field of arts education, offers a set of principles and tools that will be invaluable to advocates already working hard to make the case and secure a strong place for the arts in education. She also reaches out to those who care deeply about education but have yet to consider what the arts uniquely provide. This book is for anyone willing to brave a new terrain in which the arts are finally embraced without apology!