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Struggling schools benefit from adding arts to learning
Author: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 01/10/2017
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines - Journalism
Synopsis
At Renew Cultural Arts Academy, students put their multiplication tables to song, while eighth graders use the musical Hamilton to study debate. The public charter school’s curriculum is a product of a federal effort to use arts education to boost achievement in the nation’s lowest performing schools. Jeffrey Brown reports.