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In every classroom, teachers are asked to meet standards while also reaching students. That is no small assignment.

Art and creativity are sometimes treated as classroom extras — the first things trimmed when schedules tighten or test pressure rises. But this misses the deeper truth: creativity is not decoration. It is how children learn to think, imagine, communicate, and make meaning.

A literacy program can be powerful in one classroom. But the larger question is whether it can travel.