· Arts education increases interest in academic learning, cognitive and basic skills development, and the development of academic achievement skills.

                      Konrad, R.R., Empathy, Arts and Social Studies, 2000

 

· A Columbia University study revealed that students in the arts are found to be more cooperative with teachers and peers, more self confident and better able to express their ideas. These benefits exist across socioeconomic levels.

                           The Arts Education Partnership

 

· Students at risk of not successfully completing high school cite their participation in the arts as reasons for staying in school.  Factors related to the arts that positively affected the motivation of these students included a supportive environment that promotes constructive acceptance of criticism and one where it is safe to take risks.

                                              The Role of Fine  and Performing Arts in

                                                       High School Dropout  Prevention, 2002

 

· School that treat the arts seriously institute other kinds of innovations that are favorable to academic learning.  These schools become more inquiry-oriented, more project-based, more demanding of high standards, more focused on processes that lead to excellence.                            

                                                        The Arts and Academic Achievement:

                                                                  What the Evidence Shows, 2000

Art Education Promotes Academic Achievement

….the Arts Prepare Students for School, Work, and Life

The arts provide the skills and the knowledge students need to develop the creativity and determination necessary for success in today’s global information age.

 

...the Arts Strengthen the Learning Environment

School with large populations of students in economic poverty can be transformed into vibrant hubs of learning when the arts are infused into their culture and curriculum.

 

….the Arts Retain Teachers Who Love to Teach

Schools can retain their best teachers by becoming havens for innovation; places where students want to learn and teachers want to teach.

 

….the Arts Foster Future Patrons of the Arts

Arts education is the strongest predictor of almost all types of arts participation.  Those with the most arts education were also the highest consumers and creators of various forms of visual art, music, drama, dance, or literature.

Research on Arts-Based Education reveals that:

The Arts: Part of a Quality Education

· Multiple studies strongly support the need to include dance, music, theater, and the visual arts in education for all students.

 

· It seems clear that sustained, carefully planned programs in the arts are quite effective in preparing children to succeed in life.

 

· Particularly strong are those programs, like the ABC’s, which:

—are school-based

—have sequential curriculum in the arts

—include school arts specialists

—include community artists and arts organizations

—include a clear assessment component, and

—connect the arts with other subject areas in the school

 

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