Arts Education and Social-Emotional Learning Outcomes Among K-12 Students

In this report, the authors describe how arts learning experiences have the potential to promote the development of social-emotional competencies and suggest that these developmental processes can be replicable across subject areas. Evidence suggests that practices traditionally found in arts education can play a critical role in developing college- and career-ready skills, such as innovation and collaboration. Participation in arts education processes and practices can translate into the development of both artistic and social-emotional competencies, including self-management, self-discipline, interpersonal skills and self-expression, that extend beyond arts.

The report contains a review of literature on this topic and an interview-based fieldwork component with educators, administrators, students and parents in Chicago Public Schools.