Learning both in and through the arts provides powerful tools that help students develop knowledge and abilities critical to their scholastic achievement and engagement in learning. In fact, a recent study revealed that Colorado public schools offering more arts education have higher academic achievement and lower drop-out rates, regardless of student ethnicity or socioeconomic status. In addition, the arts can support positive self-esteem and the acquisition of skills essential in becoming a successful adult in the workplace and in the community. Colorado Creative Industries offers grants, commissions research, and sponsors programs that expand access to quality arts education for young people.
2008 Study – The Arts, Creative Learning & Student Achievement shows higher student achievement at high schools with more arts.
YouthReach – Grants for community organizations to support arts-based youth development programs during out-of-school time.
Success through Art (StART) Grants – Grants for schools and districts that want to use arts education as a strategy for student success.
Poetry Out Loud – National poetry recitation contest, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.
Ties That Bind – Online toolkit to help teachers incorporate Colorado’s folk arts and traditional art forms into the K-12 curriculum.
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