Let's Hear It for Louisiana!

Improve education, says Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, by supporting Louisiana’s state senator Sharon Weston Broome’s Senate Bill 299. If passed, every public school in Louisiana would have music and arts programs.

Studies have found that students provided with the opportunity to participate in music and arts programs are less likely to dropout, score higher on standardized tests, have better behavior, and are more tolerant. Research by the Americans for the Arts finds that students participating in arts programs are:

• Four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement;
• Four times more likely to participate in a math and science fair;
• Three times more likely to hold a class office; and
• Three times more likely to win an award for school attendance.

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