Sacrificing the arts and history.A recent study shows that schools are spending more time on reading, math and science while sacrificing social studies, civics civics, branch of learning that treats of the relationship between citizens and their society and state, originally called civil government. With the large immigration into the United States in the latter half of the 19th cent. , geography, languages and art. Academic Atrophy atrophy (ăt`rəfē), diminution in the size of a cell, tissue, or organ from its fully developed normal size. Temporary atrophy may occur in muscles that are not used, as when a limb is encased in a plaster cast. : The Condition of the Liberal Arts liberal arts, term originally used to designate the arts or studies suited to freemen. It was applied in the Middle Ages to seven branches of learning, the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, and the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. in America s Public Schools was conducted by the Council for Basic Education and funded by the Carnegie Corp. of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . It is the first major study of how No Child Left Behind is influencing instructional time and professional development. The shift away from liberal arts subjects occurs most in elementary schools and schools with large minority student populations. Specifically, about 75 percent of all principals surveyed in Indiana, Maryland, New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). and New York say that instructional time for reading, writing and math is increasing greatly or somewhat. And near[y half stated there was increased instructional time for science. But the overall curriculum is getting squeezed, with less time spent on teaching social studies, civics, geography and the arts. The largest cut is in art. About 25 percent of all principals reported less time for the arts. "The narrowing of the curriculum is worrisome.... Truly high expectations cannot begin and end with math, science and reading," states Raymond Bartlett, council president. Principals in middle and high schools, are seeing more time and professional development allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. for social studies, civics and geography, the report states. Fourth-grade Reading Scores for Students "at or above proficiency" 2002 42% 2003 47% |
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