Empower your conversations with new data: What executives really think about the impact of the arts on workforce skills

A copy of the Research can be downloaded HERE

According to a recently published research article (link above), “executives believe there is a strong connection between one’s arts education and his or her potential for professional success. Therefore, to deprive students access to arts-related skills may also deprive them of workforce skills. When access to arts education is not available to all students, this skills gap becomes an opportunity gap as well.”

NYC Schools Lack Arts Education, Low-Income Hit Hardest  The article exposes New York City comptroller Scott M. Stringer’s report that states,”many public schools offer no arts programs, and that low-income and minority students are hurt the most by it.”

“State of the Arts”: Art Education in New York City Public Schools