“The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college.” ArtProblemStudentsCollegeGoes OnDisciplineAchievementIncreaseGraduatesOddsBoostPerforming ArtsArt EducationMusic EducationStudent Achievement Author:Arne Duncan
“If the goal is to dramatically improve college completion rates, not college-going rates by itself but college completion, it's not just a college problem. We need a big focus on early childhood education. Our early childhood education system is pretty good in this country. Not enough students have opportunity. And, very discouragingly, they lose their advantage because they go to poor schools after that. So, let's focus on our babies.” CountryEnoughProblemSchoolOpportunityGoalPoorFocusChildhoodStudentsCollegeBabyRateEducation SystemCompletionEarly Childhood Author:Arne Duncan
“What you see around the world is that poverty is not destiny. In other countries, much more systemically, student after student, school after school, year after year, educate poor and disadvantaged young people. And, so, anyone who says that you can't overcome these battles is a huge part of the problem.” PeopleWorldCountryProblemSchoolPoorPovertyDestinyStudentsBattleOvercomingEducateAfter School Author:Arne Duncan
“This is a devastating problem, is, the longer our children are in school, the worse they do. Year after year after year, our children in America are falling further behind. Our 3- and 4-year-olds enter kindergarten OK, and they fall further and further behind. Each year, children in other countries are learning more than children in this country. And so the gap between American student performance in Singapore and Finland and South Korea and Canada and these other countries, the gap widens year after year after year.” ChildrenCountryProblemSchoolFallStudentsOur ChildrenKindergarten Author:Arne Duncan
“The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college. As First Lady Michelle Obama sums up, both she and the President believe 'strongly that arts education is essential for building innovative thinkers who will be our nation's leaders for tomorrow.'” FirstsBelieveArtProblemNationsPresidentLeaderStudentsBuildingCollegeGoes OnTomorrowDisciplineEssentialsAchievementIncreaseThinkerGraduatesOddsInnovativeCarpe DiemBoostFirst LadyCarpeArt EducationStudent Achievement Author:Arne Duncan
