The Huffington Post – John M. Eger
“For years now, educators and art teachers among others have been arguing that A for the arts need to be added to the Bush-administration-funded STEM programs (science, technology, engineering and math) — STEAM not just STEM. Well, it’s happened. The White House has incorporated arts integration into its “Turnaround” program, the National Science Foundation has funded “Art Based Learning of STEM” experiments, the U.S. Department of Education supports arts integration in low-income schools, and the list goes on. Even science teachers love the arts but the education system hasn’t yet jumped on the new thinking about art and art integration.”(more)