Research and the arts!

What are researchers saying about the importance of keeping art in school? 

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Criteria used to gauge school success and student learning often include attendance and achievement in math and reading. Extensive research shows that students who study the arts in school demonstrate significantly more positive developmental outcomes than their peers who do not pursue arts coursework.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/education/323655-cuts-to-arts-funding-could-be-detrimental-to-academic

Every student in the nation should have an education in the arts. This means that all PreK-12 students must have a comprehensive, balanced, sequential, in-school program of instruction in the arts, taught by qualified teachers, designed to provide students of all ages with skills and knowledge in the arts in accordance with high national, state, and local standards.
https://nafme.org/about/position-statements/the-value-and-quality-of-arts-education-position-statement/the-value-and-quality-of-arts-education/

10 ARTS EDUCATION FAST FACTS

1) A student involved in the arts is four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement.

2) Students with high arts participation and low socioeconomic status have a 4 percent dropout rate—five times lower than their low socioeconomic status peers.

3) Students who take four years of arts and music classes average almost 100 points higher on their SAT scores than students who take only one-half year or less.

4) Low-income students who are highly engaged in the arts are twice as likely to graduate college as their peers with no arts education.

5) 72 percent of business leaders say that creativity is the number one skill they are seeking when hiring.

6) 93 percent of Americans believe that the arts are vital to providing a well-rounded education.

7) The arts are recognized as a core academic subject under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and 48 states have adopted standards for learning in the arts.

8) Two-thirds of public school teachers believe that the arts are getting crowded out of the school day.

9) 97 percent of elementary schools nationwide don’t offer dance and 96 percent don’t offer theater.

10) In 2008, African-American and Hispanic students had less than half of the access to arts education than their White peers.