This Arts Education Partnership report points to recent evidence-based research indicating that the arts involve cognitive, affective and social processes with important effects on the learning and development of children and young people, on teachers and teaching, and on the culture and climate of schools. [The Arts Education Partnership is administered by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, through a cooperative agreement with the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department of Education.]

This Arts Education Partnership report points to recent evidence-based research indicating that the arts involve cognitive, affective and social processes with important effects on the learning and development of children and young people, on teachers and teaching, and on the culture and climate of schools.