Music Advocacy Facts

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A study in the 1980s found that out of a class of 392 students, 16% (for a total of 63 students) dropped out of high school. Of those students who dropped out, 27% (for a total of 17 students) had no involvement in extracurricular activities, whereas only 7% (for a total of 4 students) had some involvement in extracurricular arts.

From: "Do Extracurricular Activities Protect Against Early School Dropout?," Joseph L. Mahoney and Robert B. Cairns, Developmental Psychology, 1997, 33, 2, 241-253

Available here: The Arts Education Partnership - Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development

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