| As performing arts education lessens within the school day, the importance of supplemental performing arts education increases. Performing arts organizations that offer educational programming in schools have provided mission-centered curriculum, abundant with opportunity for cross-curricular coursework. Philadelphia's growing performing arts nonprofits hold incredible potential to deliver programming to area schools. In order to streamline a greater integration of performing arts education into classrooms, partnerships between schools and performing arts organizations offering educational outreach elicit greater plenary action, instruction from professional teaching artists, and a focus on the integration of 21st Century Learning. To foster and grow successful arts partnerships that provide supplementary arts education in schools, the incorporation of standards-supported arts curricula is paramount for the success of the programming. |
