Music Advocacy Facts
Children from "arts-rich" public schools score higher on expression, risk-taking, creativity-imagination, cooperative learning, and academic self-concept than children in "arts poor" systems.
From: "Learning In and Through the Arts: The Question of Transfer," Judith M. Burton, Robert Horowitz, and Hal Abeles, Studies in Art Education, 2000, 41(3): 228-257
Available here: The Arts Education Partnership - Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development
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