Many of us learn what critical thinking is in our language arts classes.

我们许多人在语言艺术课上学习什么是批判性思维。

But like I said, test scores in language arts have been stagnating for years.

但就像我说的，语言艺术的考试成绩多年来一直停滞不前。

It won't necessarily mean more time in science, or language arts classes, though that is possible.

这并不一定意味着在学术, 或语言艺术课程上的更多时间, 虽然也是有这种可能性存在。

They burn books, they try to get rid of poetry and the language arts, because they're terrified of them.

他们烧书， 他们试图摆脱诗歌和语言艺术，因为他们害怕它们。

And they find that when students get fewer hours of math instruction and fewer hours of English language arts instruction, they often do a little worse in those subjects.

他们发现，当学生接受的数学教学时间和英语语言艺术教学时间减少时，他们在这些科目上的表现往往会稍差一些。