... schools of that period did not have access to musical instruments, so students were taught music theory and techniques through singing lessons and school choirs. Studying the arts can help students develop coordination and even spawn creativity. In the early twentieth century, child psychologists started to suggest that art education should be used to assist in the development of ... highly inconsistent due to competing priorities and limited discretionary funding...disadvantaged and at-risk youth are often barred from school arts programs in favor of remedial instruction in reading an...

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