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Did you know?

According to The Educational Theatre Association, Theatre Programs make an impact in the following ways.

95% of school administrators believe that theatre experiences improve students’ overall academic skills. 2012 EdTA-Utah State University Survey of Theatre Education Programs in U.S. High Schools.
Audience-based participation in the arts and personal participation in creating art are both linked to higher levels of civic engagement and social tolerance. Journal of Civil Society, Leroux and Bernadska, 2019.
Arts education helps to increase students’ ability to manage behavior, make decisions, and cultivate a positive concept of the self. William Penn Foundation, Holochwost, Palmer Wolf, Fisher, & O’Grady, 2016.
In 2015, students who took four years of arts classes in high school scored an average of 92 points higher on their SATs than students who took only one-half year or less. The College Board 2016.
High school students who earn multiple arts credits are five times more likely to graduate than students with low involvement in the arts. National Endowment for the Arts: The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth, 2012.
Students attending live performances of theater (i.e., field trips and school performances) demonstrated higher levels of social-emotional skills, and stronger command of the plot and vocabulary of the play they attended, versus viewing movie adaptations of the same plays. Educational Researcher, 2018.
“An arts education has been shown to raise students’ ability to critique themselves, their willingness to experiment, their ability to reflect, and also to learn from mistakes.” Arts Education Policy Review; Robinson, 2013.
“Only 15% of job success comes from technical skills and knowledge. The other 85% comes from well-developed soft-skills, things like the ability to listen, artistic sense, nonverbal communication, enthusiasm, and storytelling. Isn’t this the focus of our work in theatre?” Patricia Raun, 2017 EdTA Conference.
89% of surveyed business executives participated in the arts during their school careers. Unmasking Business Success, 2015.
Arts students were 20% less likely to have an out-of-school suspension for each year of arts studied. Based on findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Kenneth Elpus, University of Maryland, 2013.
Applied Theater techniques in the classroom increase students’ self-esteem and develop their ability to empathize with others. Creativity Research Journal, 2020.
Arts education promotes academic self-efficacy and engagement in school, both predictors of persistence to graduation. Arts Education Review; Beveridge, 2010.
Disadvantaged students in grades 8-12 who receive an arts education are three times more likely to earn a Bachelor’s degree than students who lack those experiences. National Endowment for the Arts, 2016.
Students with high levels of arts involvement are less likely to drop out of school. The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings from Four Longitudinal Studies, 2012.

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