When schools (high schools/middle schools/grade schools) start making budget cuts artistic programs including music, drama and the fine arts are always the first to go. However, young people who participate in the arts are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement, three times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools, and four times more likely to participate in a math and science fair. These programs give children every opportunity to succeed and make sure they are getting their fair share of arts education, which can lead to their becoming more well-rounded individuals. Should schools be allowed to cut these programs when making budget cuts? Why or why not?
-Brittany 9:00
28 comments:
I believe that "The Arts" should be kept in school. We do not need them to raise mathematical and verbal skills--these are already being taught. "The Arts" are vital modes of imagination and invention. Without them where will our world be? Those of us that have taken "The Arts" are the ones that can see new patterns,learn from mistakes,and envision solutions, in other words come up with answers for the future.
Brittany, i completely agree with you. i'm sure i could go on and on about this subject. these programs keep our kids going in the schools. though they are the first thing to be cut i feel like they should be the last. studies have shown that students that participate in arts education do better overall on their schoolwork. for them, it's a break from academic classes, a chance to express their creative side, which exercises the left sides of their brains. arts ed is a vital part of the school system. budget cuts or no budget cuts, these programs need to stay. there shouldn't even be an argument in the first place.
Well, they either cut that, or physical education, teachers, books, renovations, all more important than some of the artistic programs. There are clubs outside of school that teach those things so if a student is into the arts, they can still do them. It's not like if you take it out of the school it's wipes off the earth for good. Schools need to prioritize, and arts seem to come last.
I think that schools should do everything possible to keep the arts in schools. However, I also understand that if it comes down to it, art and music classes aren't as important as having funding for school heating, plumbing, and electricity. If a school is in need of money, art and music classes should do fundraisers of their own so the school can spend money on their basic needs. I think that art and music classes open a child's mind to fine culture, and I don't think schools should have the right to cut these classes without first giving them a chance to raise their own money.
I don't think schools should be given any right to cut these programs. I understand school boards not wanting to take away sports, because these activities give student athletes, school and community alot, but these students aren't the majority that will become more well-rounded, and better individuals. I'm not saying athletes aren't intelligent or have other opportunities going for them. When I was in high school, I was a three sport athlete and still played in band, held roles in musicals and plays. What influened me more in High Schol was my fine arts, not sports. I learned about teamwork and dedication from sports, but these aren't activities I'll be able to do when arthritis kicks in or even after having a few kids.
The arts have been around forever and shouldn't be taken away from students because they don't bring a crowd like a home football game.
Those on the school boards making cuts seem to be people that never participated in the arts so they don't understand the importance and meaningfullness to students.
Well in my own opion i never really like those artistic programs like school musicals and plays. I found them to be boring and unbeneficail. Now i was a member of my highschools band, i was the lead trombonist, which i loved very much. I still go back to the highschool to play my trombone with them because i love to play music and also to see my band director. Now you may say that i just contradicted myself and yes that very well be, but i find that musicals and play not appealing to me. Now when you say that the people who participate in these programs are even more well rounded then other young people i would have to disagree. the only thing that will make a child into a more well rounded being is from the parents. It just seems to me that cuting these programs to emphisize more on the mathimatics and science is not a bad idea. Not every body can go to hollywood and become a star. Why not teach and train kids for jobs that we need them to fill and occupy so the U.S. can function more easily.
Brandt Breymeyer (9:00)
I personally believe that we should keep art and music in schools and find other ways of manageing the money. By keeping the arts in school, it allows the children to be creative, and it allows them to kinda learn about other sultures.
Chris Waters
I do not think that schools should be able to cut art programs. When i was in school, i took art every year and loved every minute of it. By taking art, it made me more artistic and showed me that I have to work and practice to get good at something. Art programs teach students to use there imagination and think outside the box, more than any other subject out there. The thing I remember most about high school is art, because it was fun, and gave students an opportunity to express themselves and show their individuality.
Kevin Dozier 9:00
i feel strongly about art and yes i do believe kids should have the right to use their imagination and express themselves
Andrew Cochran
I think that the schools don't want to take away money from the arts budget, but they have to. Its required by law to teach students academic classes and that is why they do it. If the schools don't have enough money to teach classes then it wouldn't be a school. The schools also take money away the equal amount away from sports too. I did Cross-county, Wrestling, and track in high school and we have to pay outrageous sports fees just to participate. I was in some arts programs too and i didn't have to pay anything to join. That is why it looks like sports are getting more money. I know of places that offer arts programs that arnt associated with the school that students can go to and learn the same things. i think its all depending on the student if they want to or not. the school's main goal is to teach and if they can, offer other things. If they cant then there are other options.
Personally i love art. I never really took it in school because its not somthing i can do just whenever i have to want to. Art and music classes are a long awaited break in the school day from grind of the other classes. i think the reason art and music classes get cut first is because nobody respects them, and maybe its just some stigma attached to them. i mean if you hear about someone with a phd in art or music you dont really think much about it, but if you hear about someone with a degree in chemistry or math or somthing your kinda like wow because everyone things of those classes as more difficult than art or music. no matter how true or not true it is.
Jesse Meyer
Schools today are constantly making cuts and doing away with programs that are say not totally "academic" like art, p.e, music. They are more and more strictly focusing on only the academic, which makes school not fun for kids and makes them less likely to want to come to school let alone do good in school. They need that time in art, p.e. and music to get a break from the studies and have a little fun. I think these cuts are being made as a result of wanting to have better test scores so the schools are trying to crame in more study time in the place of programs like art. I do not think this is right and think that the cuts need to be being made elsewhere.
Arts should most def. be kept in schools! It helps us express our creativity and increases the use of our imagination. It requires abstract thinking and alot of time. It helps us learn new ideas and explore new things. Why would we want to take that away?
if the programs are lagging behind the other programs then they should be cut but, the program cut should be offered at a fee to those who wish to still take part in those programs.
Derek Diesburg(9:00)
I think that the schools are going to have to do what ever is needed in order to reach educational goals. When test scores are down, they will have to make cuts somewhere in order to give more support to the educational system. So I think that if a school is struggling then they should cuts extracurricular programs. I mean a good education is the reason you go to school anyways. If students go to a school without funding for the arts they will just have to attend another school.
Obviously core classes are more important, but if there is any money available then they should be kept as long as possible. I think they are defiently benficial but budget cuts are hard and there is usually no way around it. There is a time and a place for everything. If it is possible i am all for it, but if cuts need to be made and something has to go then there is no way around it.
Ashley Gentner (4:30)
If a school needs to make budget cuts then it should be from the sports department. The only ways that keeps kids grades up is that they have to atleast past to stay on the team. If art classes in schools are taken away then it affects more students in school than it does the players on sport teams. The kids in art classes want to pass with good grades while most of the kids on sport teams just wnat to do enough to stay on the team.
Ben Legner (1:00)
I don't think that the art programs should be cut just because the schools have to make budget cuts.Kids deserve a chance to express themselves in different ways and the options for art should be there for them to choose from. I think that schools cut the art programs first because as many students don't participate in them. I think that small cuts should be made in different departments so that no program will be left out.
I believe that arts should be kept in all the schools. I was in some art programs though my schooling and i believe that it helps with a students creativity. If a school wants to make budget cuts then they should be made equally through out all the programs in the school, not just individual programs.
i think arts should not be cut from schools. i think drawing, music, whatever helps children learn. it opens up there imaginations, and helps them grow.
colin h.
I think art should stay in schools. It is proven that those kids in some sort of artistic program actually do a lot better in areas such as math and reading. It should be a semi core class in my oppinion.
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