This article describes how a study, done at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, shows that exposure to the arts has a lot of great benefits for students including "making them smarter."
Excerpt from the article:
"Students who, by lottery, were selected to visit the museum on a field trip demonstrated stronger critical thinking skills, displayed higher levels of social tolerance, exhibited greater historical empathy and developed a taste for art museums and cultural institutions."
Click HERE for the full NY Times article.
Excerpt from the article:
"Students who, by lottery, were selected to visit the museum on a field trip demonstrated stronger critical thinking skills, displayed higher levels of social tolerance, exhibited greater historical empathy and developed a taste for art museums and cultural institutions."
Click HERE for the full NY Times article.