This Brown Center Report (BCR) on American Education is the sixth and final edition in the third volume and the 16th issue overall. The series began in 2000. As in the past, the report comprises three studies. Also in keeping with tradition, the first section features recent results from state, national, or international assessments; the second section investigates a thematic topic in education, either by collecting new data or by analyzing existing empirical evidence in a novel way; and the third section looks at one or more education policies.

Studies by the U.S. Departmen of Justice demonstrate increased pre-social behaviro amoung youth invovled with arts programs.

This Arts Facts one pager provide data to support the connections between high invovlement in the arts learning and general academic success.

The Arts Fact one pager show the decline of arts educatio in underserved populations.

The Arts Facts one pager presents data suggesting students who participate in the arts, both in school and after school, demonstrate improved academic performance and lower dropout rates.

This report outlines the successes of the San Francisco Youth Symphony's programming and highlights several statistics from their second phase. 

Youth in social circus programs across the US are making big leaps in the skills they need to lead productive lives, according to a recently completed study commissioned by the American Youth Circus Organization (AYCO) and conducted by the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality. The study found that circus arts has a positive impact on the Social and Emotional Learning outcomes of youth at risk. 

The 2015-16 State of the Arts in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Report shows that the nation’s third-largest school district continues to improve in delivering instruction in the arts to all students. Since the approval of the 2012 CPS Arts Education Plan, which elevated the arts to a core subject and specified many elements of what a quality arts education should look like, CPS students have benefited from four consecutive years of improvements in arts education. This report provides the most current, comprehensive view of arts education in Chicago.

This article provides a definition for the term creative youth development, describes core characteristics of CYD programs, and briefly describes four CYD programs.

Part of the Americans for the Arts Artists & Communities conversation series that pairs veteran community arts leaders with emerging community arts leaders to share