The public education system is at serious risk of only focusing on numbers, and we all know there are more important things in life than numbers.

Does everything in education need to be measured? Do we need some sort of proof that everything taught in schools has to lead to student achievement? Not everything in the public school system needs to be tied to a number. There are numerous ways to show whether a program or subject is successful. Unfortunately, due to accountability, all subject areas are held under the same microscope and only the strong will survive.

In our present system of Social Darwinism, the arts are constantly fighting for a place in the public school system. Many educators are concerned that if they can't prove it leads to student achievement, it will be cut from the public school system for good. Even worse, when it is a fight to the death between programs in schools, adults show support to one subject over the other and the arts are usually on the losing end.

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