Students involved in the arts outperformed other “arts-poor” students academically and were four times more likely to win an academic award, such as being named to the honour roll.
Arts students are more motivated to learn and are three times more likely to win a school attendance award.
Students involved in the arts are four times more likely to participate in science or math fairs, and also have more developed imaginative and creative-thinking skills.
Studies have proven links between: playing music and enhanced spatial temporal reasoning; and drama classes and a greater aptitude for language areas like writing and reading comprehension.
Source: Champions of change: The impact of the arts on learning, 1999.
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