24th Annual Honors Concert, Performarnce Art, and Art Exhibition

Join us to celebrate the accomplishments of the students of Saint Paul Public Schools in the performing and visual arts.

CONCERT & PERFORMANCE ART

TUES, APRIL 14 | ORDWAY

K-8 Pre-Performance Showcase: 5:30-6:15pm

Concert & Performance Art: 6:30pm

$5 GENERAL ADMISSION | ORDWAY.ORG | 651.224.4222

ART EXHIBITION

APRIL 23 - MAY 3 | Minnesota Museum of American Art Project Space

Thurs: 11am-6pm, Sat. & Sun.: 10am-4pm

Exhibition Opening: THURS, APRIL 23, 5-7pm | 5:30pm BRIEF PROGRAM

FREE ADMISSION | MMAA.ORG | 612.797.2571

Co-PRODUCED BY: The Ordway Center for Performing Arts, Saint Paul Public Schools, Minnesota Museum of American Art 

WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM: Traveler's Foundation and The Anna M. Heilmaier Foundation

Study shows evidence that arts education can greatly benefit at-risk youth

The National Endowment for the Arts has released a report examining the benefits of arts education for at-risk youth titled The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings from Four Longitudinal Studies (James S. Catterall et al., March 2012).

The report examines the results from four separate longitudinal studies of at-risk youth engaging in arts education. The authors distinguished populations who did or did not intensely engage in the arts, as well as populations of students of high and low socioeconomic status (SES). They then compared the academic achievement, civic engagement, and labor market outcomes of each of those populations as they related to each other.

The report found three major correlative conclusions:

1. Socially and economically disadvantaged children and teenagers who have high levels of arts engagement or arts learning show more positive outcomes in a variety of areas than their low-arts-engaged peers.
2. At-risk teenagers or young adults with a history of intensive arts experiences show achievement levels closer to, and in some cases exceeding, the levels shown by the general population studied.
3. Most of the positive relationships between arts involvement and academic outcomes apply only to at-risk populations (low-SES). But positive relationships between arts and civic engagement are noted in high-SES groups as well.

The full report can be found here.