Fifth grade teacher Nikki Clotfelter (center) talks with Sean Cobb and the rest of her class about how to use music to help with math problems at Powder Springs Elementary School in Powder Springs on Thursday, January 28, 2016.
January 28, 2016 Powder Springs – Fifth grade teacher Nikki Clotfelter (center) talks with Sean Cobb and the rest of her class about how to use music to help with math problems at Powder Springs Elementary School in Powder Springs on Thursday, January 28, 2016. In recent years, school leaders used the acronym STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) to stress the importance of those subjects. Many now use STEAM to include the arts. Schools are integrating arts into how they teach other subjects. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL