Taking the arts digital to support a well-rounded education

While there is a growing recognition that the arts are central to a well-rounded education, schools have been slow to incorporating that into curriculum. Though the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) listed the arts and music as tenants of a “well-rounded” education, few state plans have formally included the arts in their accountability plans. 

Jane Best, director of the Arts Education Partnership (AEP), said that while arts educators were open to exploring the possibilities that the law created, they remain unsure as to how to insert themselves into the conversation. The incorporation of arts in the classroom as a whole, she said, remains a “slow-moving” machine...