Last Friday--May 6th--a presidential advisory panel issued a report that makes the case for expanding access to arts education in schools, arguing that the arts hold great potential to bolster student engagement and academic achievement.
Decades of research show strong and consistent links between high-quality arts education and a wide range of empressive educational outcomes. Integrating the arts with other classroom subjects is yielding some particularly promising results. Yet, especially schools with low-income student populations are given less exposure to the arts because of budgets fueled by an emphasis on subjects of high stakes testing.
The timing of this report is especially important to support the violin/mariachi program we are planning to make part of our Esperanza Elementary experience for all students.
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