Should parents have to choose between math and music for their kids? Should we be asking families to study science at the expense of art? Are some subjects “more important” than others? And has No Child Left Behind become yet another excuse to further erode the already fragile mission of America’s public schools?
According to many critics,education that is not open, creative, inclusive and WHOLE is not really an education, and political hot buttons have no place in the serious task of creating vibrant educational curricula for the young. And most importantly, the most vulnerable should not bear the price of a culture at war with itself.