Art Education in Schools Gets a Boost from New Scholarship Program
Summary
Arts education encourages critical thinking, creativity, tolerance and positive self-esteem," says Sandra Sterrenberg, visual arts specialist at scholarship recipient Burnt Ranch Elementary School in Burnt Ranch, CA.Burnt Ranch is a rural town in Northern California with a population of 281 and with 96 students in the elementary school."Allowing children to visually express ideas supports academic learning by giving meaning and understanding to a mathematical, scientific, historical or story concept that they may not previously have grasped,” says Pamela Collinsworth, principal at scholarship recipient Stanislaus Elementary, Arts and Technology Academy in Modesto, CA.The curriculum meets national and state academic standards and integrates with language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.“We are delighted that so many educators see it the same way and have chosen Art in Action.”Hot Topic Foundation and SanDisk Giving Foundation have contributed to the funding of the scholarship program.Art in Action was founded in 1982 and is a nonprofit organization, which fosters the educational development and creativity of children through innovative visual arts programs.