Bored? Art tells a history of a school.
There’s an interesting piece at Salon about the impact of testing mania and the resulting disappearance of non-tested subjects from the school curriculum. Subjects like art and music.
And the way it has made school boring.
“The research is not clear,” writes (Diane) Ravitch, “but a great deal of anecdotal evidence suggests that affluent districts are preserving a balanced curriculum, while poor and minority students are likely to have larger classes and
