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IN YOUR OWN WORDS EXPLAIN THE OUTORS THE MOUST IMPORTANT IDEAS > DO YOU EGREE OR DISAGREE WITH HIS IDIAS> SUPORT YOU IDIAS BY DISSCUSSING THE PASSAGE> Almost as soon as children can walk, they can communicate through artistic expression. The arts challenge us with different points of view, encourage us to care for others, and give us the opportunity to reflect on the human condition. Observations support these claims: among adults, arts participation is related to behaviors that contribute to the health of society, such as increased civic engagement and greater social tolerance. Yet, while we transform us, its place in K-12 education has become increasingly tenuous. cognize that art can A challenge for arts education has been a lack of empirical evidence that demonstrates its educational value. Over the last few decades, the number of students receiving arts education has shrunk drastically. This trend results from the increase in standardized-test-based accountability, which has pressured schools to focus resources on tested subjects like math. As the saying goes, what gets measured gets done. We recently conducted the first ever large-scale study of a city’s efforts to restore arts education. Our study focuses on the initial two years of Houston’s Arts Access Initiative and includes 42 elementry and middle schools with over 10,000 third- through eighth-grade students. In addition to arts education training for school leaders and teachers, students at the 21 treatment schools received ten enriching arts educational experiences across dance, music, theater, and visual arts. Students also had arts learning opportunities through before- and after-school programs, field trips, and in-school performances from professional artists.