Blog 12- Arts Must Be Secure In Curriculum, Argues Leading Head

                Bernice McCabe, Co-Director of the Prince’s Teaching Institute (PTI) at North London Collegiate School, shows much concern for the arts subject being eliminated from the English baccalaureate for 16-year-olds.  McCabe states to an audience at PTI: "I am convinced that education in art and music is a crucial element in the curricular entitlement of every child."  As she continues to speak McCabe goes on to say that it is crucial for everyone to give their opinions on the matter at hand, for their opinions may be influential to keeping the arts in the curriculum for the benefit of students.  Important individuals involved in the arts have concern that Britain’s creative economy will suffer greatly within only one generation’s time if this subject matter is not involved in the new curriculum plans.  Bernice voices that "We teachers have a prime role as champions of this country's cultural heritage and I see it as our moral duty to pass this on to younger generations."  She sees that culture is very much so a part of the arts and is determined to keep the arts in curricula by “spending £15m over the next three years to ensure that every child has access to the arts."

                Arts Must Be Secure in Curriculum, Argues Leading Head relates to Ken Robinson’s Changing Education Paradigms in that McCabe and Robinson both express the need for education and creativity to be intertwined in any curriculum.  I can never say this enough; Students are the future of this planet and what adults do now to change the way their futures will develop is only making it harder for individuals to step up and exhibit the abilities and skills needed to fix global issues that we all encounter.  Why make education so difficult to achieve?  It does absolutely no good for this world that we must all reside in.  Creativity is the future.  My generation… we are the creators.  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20356662