First lady: Arts education important

Thursday, May 22, 2014

WASHINGTON -- Delivering a forceful argument on the role of the arts in education, Michelle Obama said Tuesday it isn't something to be introduced after student test scores go up but is a critical element of achieving those higher test scores in the first place.

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