"The Congress finds that the arts are forms of understanding and ways of knowing that are fundamentally important to education". The United States Congress, 1994

"A high level of involvement in instrumental music co-related to high achievement in math proficiency". source: Champions of Change, 1999 Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles

"A co-relationship between high involvement in the arts and better academic scores was found among all students and remained consistent". source: Champions of Change, 1999, p. 8 Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles

A student making music experiences the "simultaneous engagement of senses, muscles, and intellect. Brain scans taken during musical performances show that virtually the entire cerebral cortex is active while musicians are playing". source: Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development, 2002

Troubled students involved in afterschool arts programs excelled in academics and school life beyond less troubled students in a national sample". source: Americans for the Arts Monograph, p. 3 Living the Arts through Language+ Learning: a report on community-based youth organizations by Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching

"The opportunity to be instructed in music or dance disciplines offered a variety of compelling social benefits for students in addition to the knowledge and skill of an art". source: Champions of Change, 1999, p.77-78 National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut, Storrs

"An analysis of many research studies on the effects of classroom drama exercises showed positive effects on language development including written and oral story recall, reading achievement, reading readiness, oral languages development, and writing". source: Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development, 2002, p.47