Arts organizations generate $166.2 billion in economic activity, support 5.7 million jobs, and return nearly $30 billion in revenue to the government each year, according to a 2007 study by The Americans for the Arts.
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Goldberg (2009) writes how arts education supports the values of citizenship. “Arts and physical education teach valuable lessons of democracy, especially with regard to being fully present and engaged.” In Arts Education Policy Review, 110(2), or access at http://www.americansforthearts.org/networks/arts_education/arts_education_019.asp.
In the book, Strong Arts, Strong Schools, Fowler (2001) makes the case for having all the arts as core curriculum. He goes into great detail of how dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts contribute to the education of all students. Access at http://books.google.com/books?id=OHmuMh2nfK4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ISBN0195100891.
