Chicago Academy for the Arts

What is the Value of an Arts Education?

An Arts Education can bring every subject to life and turn abstractions into concrete reality. Current research demonstrates that students who receive their education in an artistic environment:
  • are more prepared for the global workforce
  • increase their academic success
  • have higher self esteem
  • achieve higher test scores
  • develop higher success rates in group collaborations

Research

Project Zero is an educational research group developed at Harvard University in their Graduate School of Education. To view past and current projects detailing their mission of understanding, enhancing learning, thinking and creating in the arts, please visit: www.pz.harvard.edu/index.cfm

 

An issue brief from the Economic and Technology Policy studies.
The Impact of Arts Education on Workforce Preparation

 

A report from The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities that details the impact of arts on learning.
The Impact of Arts on Learning

 

The Arts Education Partnership summarizes 62 research studies examining the influence of art on social and academic skills.
Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development

 

The Arts Program at the Surdna Foundation is national in scope and supports the artistic advancement of teens (ages 12-18).
SNAAP: A New National Project to Examine the Impact of Arts Training

 

Arts Education Partnership Additional Arts and Education Resources can be found on the
Arts Education Partnership website: www.aep-arts.org