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Did You Know?
Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week for at least one full year are:
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4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement
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3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools
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4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair
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3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance
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4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem
Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:
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Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently
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Read for pleasure nearly twice as often
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Perform community service more than four times as often
Sited from Living the Arts through Language + Learning: A Report on Community-based Youth Organizations, Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Americans for the Arts Monograph, November, 1998.
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