"How the Arts Benefit Your Children Academically and Behaviorally"
Often underfunded in the past, the arts are gaining a resurgence in support as research shows benefits for children academically, along with improvements in behavior and attendance.
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"Struggling schools benefit from adding arts to learning"
Making music and using the arts to build math and other skills, that's the theory here at the ReNEW Cultural Arts Academy, a public charter school in New Orleans, not long ago, one of the lowest performing schools in Louisiana, a state ranking near the bottom in the nation. Now, it's showing measurable signs of educational advancement.
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/struggling-schools-benefit-adding-art-learning
"Arts Program in Poor Performing Schools Boosts Learning"
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"Arts Integration: Implementing a Critical Yet Devalued Core Subject into US Public Schools"
It is widely understood that the visual arts are a vital contributor to students’ creative development and overall success. This article will examine the diverse performance and psychological benefits that distinguish the visual arts from other “core subjects.” Such benefits provide a backbone to address the critical debate regarding how to best integrate visual arts into public school curricula in order to maximize the discipline’s unique benefits for students.
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"Thanks to One Los Angeles Nonprofit, Budget Cuts Haven't Killed Off Art Class"
In a survey conducted by IBM last year, 1,500 CEOs identified creativity as the number one competitive edge" of the future. And Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently wrote that dance, music, theater, and visual arts "are essential to preparing our nation's young people for a global economy fueled by innovation and creativity."
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"Chicago School Fights To Save Its Orchestra"
The violin isn't pretty,
but its scratched frame has been well-loved by the girl who cradles
it now, and those who played it before her. Her mother calls it her
daughter's "soul mate."
The instrument doesn't belong to Nidalis Burgos. It is...
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/05/chicago-school-fights-to-_n_871580.html
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