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Headline: Art's Power to Teach 21st Century Skills

Art's Power to Teach 21st Century Skills

Source: The Boston Globe
Headline: Time Invested In Practicing Pays Off For Young Musicians, Research Shows

A Harvard-based study has found that children who study a musical instrument for at least three years outperform children with no instrumental training - not only in tests of auditory discrimination and finger dexterity (skills honed by the study of a musical instrument), but also on tests measuring verbal ability and visual pattern completion (skills not normally associated with music).

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081104132916.htm

Source: Science Daily/University of Toronto
Headline: Music Participation Can Help Boost Student Achievement

Students who take music lessons -- especially during high school -- or who attend concerts with their parents score better in math and reading than their nonmusical peers, according to a study from Ohio State Univesity researchers. However, unequal access to music lessons may hurt blacks, Hispanics, and low-income students, researchers said.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210110043.htm

Source: Science Daily/University of Toronto
Headline: Arts Appear to Play Role in Brain Development - Classes Can Change Brain and the Way People Think

For years, school systems across the nation dropped the arts to concentrate on getting struggling students to pass tests in reading and math. Yet now, a growing body of brain research suggests that teaching the arts may be good for students across all disciplines.

Scientists are now looking at, for instance, whether students at an arts high school who study music or drawing have brains that allow them to focus more intensely or do better in the classroom.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-md.arts18may18,0,1345340.story

Source: The Baltimore Sun

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Throughout the school year, we will feature accomplishments of all the LCISD choir groups. Visit us again for updated information as the new 2011-2012 year begins.
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Throughout the school year, we will feature accomplishments of all the LCISD Elementary Visual Arts classes. Visit us again for updated information as the new 2011-2012 year begins.

Quicklinks

Fine Arts Articles & Research

Headline: Art's Power to Teach 21st Century Skills

Source: The Boston Globe

Headline: Time Invested In Practicing Pays Off For Young Musicians, Research Shows

Source: Science Daily/University of Toronto

Headline: Music Participation Can Help Boost Student Achievement

Source: Science Daily/University of Toronto

Headline: Arts Appear to Play Role in Brain Development - Classes Can Change Brain and the Way People Think

Source: The Baltimore Sun

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