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-U.S. Department of Education

-Michelle Obama

of PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS in HIGH POVERTY areas offer THEATRE instruction.

ONLY28%

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THEATRE & the ARTS

DID YOU KNOW?

“The evidence is crystalclear. Kids who get involved

in THE ARTS have

“

HIGHER GRADES,HIGHER GRADUATION

RATES, & HIGHER COLLEGE

ENROLLMENT.

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THEATRE & the ARTS

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-Dr. Monique M. Chism, Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs, U.S. Department of Education, speaking at the 2016 EdTA National Conference

“In THEATRE, you have the power to BRING

VOICE to those who have been MARGINALIZED,

DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, LEFT OUT, OVERLOOKED, OR

SILENCED.”

of school administrators believe that THEATRE programs strengthen student’s CRITICAL THINKING, COLLABORATION,COMMUNICATION, andLEADERSHIP skills.

-2012 EdTA-Utah State University Survey of Theatre Education Programs in U.S. High Schools

98%

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