The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think an education is beneficial, but whether it takes an education to be successful in the arts is a whole other question.
Fine arts education in public schools is really abysmal. The same emphasis should be put on music, theater, dance - anything creative - that's put on math and science.
Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students' math and language skills and improve test scores which in turn increase chances of higher education and good jobs in the future.
We say arts education is good for general education, but that's not the point. The arts are what great nations are remembered for. They are a mirror.
Exposure to the arts and culture is enormously valuable.
An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.
Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics.
We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.
I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.
Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and relevance of the contemporary arts, specifically music, for a society which by and large seems to manage quite well without them.