Why Our Schools Need the Arts by Jessica Hoffmann Davis

This inspiring booklet leads easy methods to a brand new form of advocacy—one that prevents justifying the humanities as necessary to studying different topics, and argues as a substitute for the strong classes that the humanities, like no different topics, educate our kids. Jessica Hoffmann Davis, a number one voice within the box of arts schooling, deals a collection of rules and instruments that would be priceless to advocates already operating challenging to make the case and safe a robust position for the humanities in schooling. She additionally reaches out to people who care deeply approximately schooling yet haven't begun to contemplate what the humanities uniquely offer. This publication is for someone prepared to courageous a brand new terrain during which the humanities are ultimately embraced with no apology!

“A must-read for someone who cares approximately kids.”
—Carly Simon, author and musician

“Equips educators with transparent examples of ways to coach and the way to make the case for the basic and designated position of the humanities within the institution curriculum.”
—Richard J. Deasy, Director, Arts schooling Partnership

“Jessica Hoffmann Davis makes the easiest case but for why the humanities are necessary to each child’s schooling, each day. supplying eloquent facts of what the humanities do and educate, this can be a valuable guide for lecturers and humanities advocates with a thesaurus of phrases and robust examples of powerful programs.”
—Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, President, Marlboro College