Arts Education
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
the Knowledge Project 
Sourcery
2 statements about Arts Education, every show
Singerman argues arts education is more important than math programs today
“Like, I would almost say that, like, having an awesome music department or an awesome art department is even more important than Having an awesome math program right now.”
Treating arts education as an optional extra misunderstands its intellectual rigor
“This idea that arts in school is an optional extra. It belies a complete Misunderstanding of what the arts are. Because if you're doing it properly, you have to engage your intellectual mind as well as, in fact, I don't know what the other mind is supposed to …”