Benefits
Performing arts education builds better performers
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better people
Arts education can help students gain a sense of mastery and accomplishment and engage with their communities. The skills and appreciation for the arts that are developed through arts education can stay with students throughout their lives, fostering the development of the next generation of well-rounded community members.
- Oregon Community Foundation
Arts education is associated with...
greater motivation, engagement, and self-esteem.
habits of mind that contribute to academic and general success.
improved reading comprehension, skills in writing and math, and verbal test scores.
increased community engagement.
​the development of social competencies.
strengthened memory and abstract reasoning.
Research shows that arts education – in all its forms – helps students develop important skills such as critical thinking, patience, risk-taking and creativity. These habits of mind, social and emotional skills and 21st century skills are critical to student success in the classroom and beyond. Student participation in arts education is associated with higher grades and graduation rates, as well as greater civic engagement as adults (Worcel et al., 2017, Arts Education Navigator: Facts & Figures).
- Oregon Community Foundation