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One of my personal favorite topics is arts in education. Or, more specifically, arts AS education. My first encounter with someone utilizing the arts as a way to promote the "core subjects" was when I met a graduate student at NYU. She was writing her thesis on black holes and how their construction was inherently linked to waves which we hear as sound waves. Specifically, she was studying physics and music. Together.

I have since identified multiple combinations of the arts and the core subjects. A few examples: art + math = architecture. Art + math = many computer programs. Music is inherently related to math, and music history is linked to language arts. Music history and art history are more detailed aspects of social studies, and music and art are the best way to connect those histories to students in real world, authentic terms.

All that to say, here's an article by an educator in Tokyo, making a similar argument with different rational and examples. It's worth a read! http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1026/p09s01-coop.html