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From www.DoSomething.org

1. Students who study art are 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement and 3 times more likely to be awarded for school attendance.
2. Arts and music education programs are mandatory in countries that rank consistently among the highest for math and science test scores, like Japan, Hungary, and the Netherlands.
3. The No Child Left Behind Act clearly mandates The Arts (music, art, foreign language, etc.) as a core academic subject.
4. One study group showed that third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students who were taught a foreign language every day in school outperformed the students who were not exposed to a foreign language on their Basic Skills Test.
5. While nearly all schools in America are required to offer coursework in languages, the amount of instruction provided for those subjects does not come close to that of math, science, and english courses.
6. Federal funding for the arts and humanities rolls in around $250 million a year, while the National Science Foundation is funded around the $5 billion mark.
7. Researchers find that sustained learning in music and theatre correlates strongly with higher achievement in both math and reading.
8. In a study of a high-poverty schools in Chicago, the schools that were participating in the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) made huge strides in closing the gap between high- and low-income students’ academic achievement.
9. Multiple studies have concluded that curricular and extracurricular art studies and activities help keep high-risk dropout students stay in school.
10. New brain research shows that not only does music improve skills in math and reading, but it promotes creativity, social development, personality adjustment, and self-worth.
11. Research suggests that studying a second language is essential to the learning process, creative inquiry, and critical thinking. Foreign language studies have proven to increase problem-solving skills and overall cognitive development.

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Sources

• ¹ National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, “Re-Investing in Arts Education: Winning America’s Future Through Creative Schools.” The President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Accessed February 28, 2014.
• ² “Lessons from PISA for the United States, Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education”, OECD Publishing, 2011. Web Accessed February 28, 2014.
• ³ “Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1999-2000 and 2009-2010”,National Center for Education Statistics, 2012. Web Accessed February 2014.
• ⁴ U.S. Department of Education, “No Child Left Behind, A Toolkit for Teachers.” Accessed February 28, 2014.
• ⁵ Armstrong, P. W., J.D. Rogers, “Basic skills revisited: The effects of foreign language instruction on reading, math, and language arts.” 1997. Web Accessed February 28, 2014. http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ575427.
• ⁶ Rebaudengo, Giuseppe. “Saving the Arts in our Nation’s Schools.” Thinking in Public. Accessed February 17, 2015. .
• ⁷ Americans for the Arts. “SUMMARY OF KEY ADDITIONAL ARTS EDUCATION RESEARCH AND FACTS .” City of Providence. Accessed February 25, 2014, http://www.providenceri.com/efile/3411.
• ⁸ Catterall, James S., and Lynn Waldorf. “Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education Summary Evaluation.” Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education. Accessed February 27, 2014, http://www.capeweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/champions.pdf.
• ⁹ National School Boards Association. “Prediction: Identifying potential dropouts.” The Center for Public Education. Accessed February 25, 2014, http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Staffingstudents/Keeping-kids-in-school-At-a-glance/Keeping-kids-in-school-Preventing-dropouts.html.
• ¹⁰ Weinberger, Norman M.. “The Music in Our Minds.” Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California. Accessed February 25, 2014, http://nmw.bio.uci.edu/publications/Weinberger,%201998e.pdf.
• ¹¹ Deasy, Richard J.. “Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development..” United States Government Printing Office. Accessed February 25, 2014, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/ERIC-ED466413/pdf/ERIC-ED466413.pdf.