The Facts:  Highlights of Arts Education Research

Americans for the Arts, 2005

Young people who participate in the arts for a minimum of three hours across three days each week for at least one year are:

 
• 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement.
• 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools.
• 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair.
• 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance.
• 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.

Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:

• Attend music, art, and dance classes nearly three times as frequently.
• Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently.
• Read for pleasure nearly twice as often.
• Perform community service more than four times as often.