THE ARTS AND EDUCATION

We have found that instruction in the arts ... improved students' performance in other areas. I call the arts ‘a new skill for the 21st century.' They certainly need to be a basic part of every school's curriculum.

Richard W. Riley
Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Pyramids, cathedrals, and rockets exist not because of geometry, theories of structures, or thermodynamics, but because they were first a picture…

Eugene Ferguson
Historian

The arts should be supported not only because research supports their value but also because they are as dynamic and broad-based as more widely accepted disciplines. They contribute to the development and enhancement of multiple neurobiological systems, including cognitive, emotional, immune, circulatory, and perpetual motor systems. Ultimately, the arts can make us better people.

Eric Jensen
Teacher, Scholar, & Member of the Society for Neuroscience
& New York Academy of Science

During the past quarter century, literally thousands of school-based programs have demonstrated beyond question that the arts can not only bring coherence to our fragmented academic world, but through the arts, students' performance in other academic disciplines can be enhanced as well.

Dr. Ernest Boyer
Former U.S. Commissioner of Education
Former President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Contact: Antoinette Kuritz @ STRATEGIES Literary Public Relations
Phone: (858) 467-1978 · Email: akuritz@san.rr.com