bugs bunny cartoons, i said, you hear ♪ figero, figero, figero you hear that, right? oh, yes.hey understood that. ♪ row, row, row your boat gently down the stream ♪ >> in the classroom the children learn to tell a story with music and lots of drama. >> this is opera, so it has to be something epic. they're escaping from the poli police. >> they even write their on storyline. [singing] >> the class may be all about opera, but the lessons apply to other subjects as well. a four-year study by the opera gild found that students who participated in the program did better in math, science and english than those who didn't. >> and at a time many schools are focused on improving test scores, teachers say the class is a fun compliment to their lesson plans. >> in third grade being able to tell the story, and find all the parts of the story. we do a lot of work with it in reading and writing, but it's nice to see that show up in drama. >> with more than 15,000 students already taking part of the program, it's no wonder that schools are singing it's praises. al jazeera, new york. >> more

you hear ♪ figero, figero, figero they say, oh, yes ♪ row, row, row your boat ♪ gently down the streame children learn to tell a story with music and with drama. >> this has to be epic. they're escaping from police. >> they even write their own storylines. the class may be all about opera, but the lessons apply to other objects as well. they found that student who participated in the program did better in math, science and english than those who didn't. and at a time when many schools are focused on improving test scores, they say the glass is a fun compliment to their class plans. >> we do a lot of work with it in reading and writing, but it's so nice to be able to have them see that, show up in drama. >> with 15,000 students taking part in of the program it's no wonder that schools are singing it's praises. al jazeera, brooklyn, new york. >> now time for sports news, rahul. >> thank you very much. >> they've gone eight games now without a win. they dropped down to six in the table well on saturday, seven of those have reached halftime. just in charge of chelsea for the first time sin