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The Arts and Children Video

The Arts and Children: A Success Story demonstrates the impact of quality arts education on student success. The 12-minute video features actress Meryl Streep, who affirms that young people who learn the arts do better in every phase of their lives.

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Theatre artist Saskia Van Oot leads students at Smyrna Elementary
School in a dramatics exercise during her residency in October.
Photo by Ben Mace, courtesy of Smyrna/Clayton Sun-Times

The video is a powerful tool in promoting inclusion of the arts as a core content area in state and local curricula. The video can be used with school, community, parent, and business groups. Included with the video are reproducible handouts that summarize research, federal policies and legislation, and characteristics of a good arts education program; provide tips on how to use the video as part a public awareness campaign; and list additional resources. $19.95.

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