"The arts are an initial way of communicating," said Woodson Reid, who headed (Detroit Public Schools) fine arts until last year. "Little children explain everything with their images and creations."
Such creations foster eye-hand coordination. "But our kids can be in the third or fourth grade," she said, "and still don't know how to hold scissors."
Antonia Caretto, a Farmington Hills clinical psychologist, said it all boils down to mental development.
"The more we can develop both sides of the brain," she said, "the better the long-term implications for creative problem-solving," which might be key to keeping this country competitive in a globalized world,"
according to an article in today's Detroit News, school districts in Michigan may be considering cutting programs in the arts and music due to financial difficulties in school funding from the state.
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