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​​​​Author: Jenna Doleh A recent study brings good news about arts education: it can boost students’ writing skills, build social and emotional skills, and increase school engagement. But the same study warns that arts learning has been deprioritized in K-12 education since the 1980s, as schools

Listening to music or watching a play can all build stronger prefrontal cortex skills like memory and help kids regulate their emotions better.

New research finds evidence arts education increases school engagement, attendance among Boston students By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated May 10, 2021, 5:00 a.m. Email to a Friend At the Eliot K-8 Innovation School in January 2020, soprano Brianna J. Robinson, in the foreground, and other artists from the Boston Lyric Opera visited to perform excerpts from Hansel and Gretel as part of an interactive program introducing opera to area students.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff Boston Public Schools...