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The new mission of schools is to prepare students to work at jobs that do not yet exist, creating ideas and solutions for products and problems that have not yet been identified, using technologies that have not yet been invented. | ||||
--Linda Darling Hammond Stanford Graduate School of Education The Flat World and Education |
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Studies affirm that students who participate in the arts develop the creativity, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration skills they need to compete in a 21st-century workforce. Quality arts education in schools "increases test scores across every subject area, lowers dropout rates, and helps close the achievement gap regardless of socioeconomic status," according to the California Alliance for Arts Education. In response to the shift to Common Core State Standards and the urgent need to promote creativity across disciplines, the San Jose Museum of Art has developed Sowing Creativity. This integrated visual arts residency program brings together 1st-through 5th-grade classroom teachers, teaching artists from SJMA, and teaching scientists from the Youth Science Institute to promote your students' success at the intersection of art and science. Bring Sowing Creativity into your classroom in the 2015–2016 school year. |
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Thursday, May 21, 5 PM – 8 PM | ||||
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Join SJMA’s educational stakeholders—parents, teachers, administrators, artists, executives, funders, and other local partners—to celebrate and reflect on the importance of STEAM education in twenty-first-century learning. The evening will include hands-on artmaking projects derived from Sowing Creativity (SJMA’s groundbreaking STEAM program for elementaryschool students), STEAM-inspired refreshments, and more. |
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