Singer Jessye Norman on the importance of arts education

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Award-winning singer Jessye Norman on declining arts programs in America’s schools.

Award-winning singer Jessye Norman has a big problem with declining arts programs in America’s schools. “It is a big issue and it makes me completely crazy,” Norman told correspondent Jeffrey Brown, when they sat down to discuss her new memoir, “Stand Up Straight and Sing.”

AIR DATE 5/12/14

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