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Posted 19/03/2003 under
This is something that I already knew, most especially the comment regarding thinking imaginatively.
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Schools schedules sideline the arts
Amelia Hill
Sunday March 16, 2003
The Observer
Britain’s creative future is under threat as teachers struggle to fit art subjects into a crowded national curriculum, according to a nationwide survey.
More than 80 per cent of UK headteachers say they battle to find time to schedule arts lessons, while almost 90 per cent of teachers worry that the sidelining of arts is affecting their students’ ability to think imaginatively.