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"Art education can actually help the brain to rewire itself, to make stronger and more plentiful neural connections, and can help build memory skills. Self-discipline, intuition, reasoning, imagination, and dexterity are just a few of the other benefits of an art-filled education, especially for primary school students."
Lynda Resnick
52% of people surveyed believe that NCLB's emphasis on English and math have reduced the amount of instructional time spent on other subjects like the arts.
PDK/Gallup Poll, April 2008
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 Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Arts Education Partnership
2006
Academic Achievement
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Parents and Community
- Parents for the Arts
Douglas Gould and Company
April 2009
- Better Schools, Better Skills, Better Communities
Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network, 2009
- Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination
Wallace Foundation
June 2008
- The Art of Collaboration: Promising Practices for Integrating the Arts and School Reform
Arts Education Partnership
March 2008
- The
Arts and Civic Engagement: Involved in Arts, Involved in Life
National Endowment for the Arts, 2006
- Focus Group Research Findings "Arts-Active" Parents
Douglas Gould and Company
September 2006
- Mobilizing Support For Integrated Arts Education: National Opinion Research Findings
Douglas Gould and Company
June 2005
- Fact sheet of National Opinion Research Findings (Mobilizing Support for Integrated Arts Education)
Douglas Gould and Company
June 2005
- Integrating the Arts: Report of Focus Groups Among Parents, Teachers and School Administrators in Baltimore, Northern California, Dallas, and Washington, D.C.Douglas Gould and Company
March 2005
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