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Principal fires security guards to hire art teachers — and transforms elementary school

Please click all the way through to watch this video. It is so inspiring! The principal who described the school as, "having a real prison feel," took the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on security and turned the school around in a very big way. See

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I have been acting for approx 2 years and wished I had found it 15 years earlier, for then my son would never of had to deal with my depression for most of his life.

Tammy Yenyil

You have done a great job with Cody, he is a great kid because of u xx

Clint Foster

love you too bits Tammy Yenyil xoxo

Maintaining arts in public schools is critical in my opinion because the Arts prepare students for the real world by exposing them to culture, and teaching critical thinking which is very much needed. Arts Education stimulates and develops the imagination and critical thinking, and refines cognitive and creative skills.

Jazzy Harris

Thnx Yolanda & Robert. Love always, Jazzy<3 <3w <3

Arts are one of few venues available for children to learn & use their imagination...someone has to.

art is a positive creative way for children to express themselves with and it so much fun! What would our world be without art? black and white that what it would be like.

Jinnette Cora

that's not good I am sorry to hear that! hopefully I can help make a difference for your school!

The arts have always been the soft target when it comes to fiscal belt-tightening, removing the arts from education is taking the soul out of living, out of life. Australia has a wonderful reputation around the world for what our creatives do in the visual arts, music, writing, architecture, film-making and more, all creatives have been through a public school education, that's where it starts and it needs to be maintained and nurtured there because that's where it all begins.

Creativity is just as important as academics.

Babouchka Galactica

Hum I will say: Creativity is mush more important than academics.... Without creativity we will vegetate and die from boredom. ):

Creative intelligence is as important as any other, and moreso for those whose main strengths are in that area.

keseksa? j'ai remarqué que quand je ne cliquais pas sur "traduire en français" en haut de ma page, mon texte apparaissait dans un sabir intuitif incompréhensible. n'oubliez pas de cliquer si vous trouvez des mots bizarres venus de la machine !

Brandy Nathalie

cliquer sur "original"

Because music does matter.