Arts education is very much a core subject in the 21st-century classroom. Yes, we need to ensure that school dollars are being spent wisely to raise students’ basic competencies.

The end of open-plan classrooms in New Zealand, recently announced by Education Minister Erica Stanford, marks yet another ...

Instead, the 21st-century learning paradigm offers an opportunity to synergize the margins of the content vs. skills debate and bring it into a framework that dispels these dichotomies.