Art Smart Parents are active voices who work together with school staff, members of arts organizations, community and business partners to make sure that art has an important place in their children's education and in the community.  They encourage their children's particiation in art at home.  They become influential spokespersons for improving school arts programs by writing letters to officials, holding positions on school site councils and school boards, mobilizing other parents, and speaking publicly for the cause.  Art Smart Parents spread the word about the value of arts learning.  They help others become ART SMART.

Art Smart Parents know the benefits of arts learning, how it offers students a well-rounded education, develops student motivation, self-confidence, goal-setting skills, and ownership of learning.  They know that arts learning encourages postive behavior, improves teachers' attitudes and expectations for their students, and creates more effective learning environments.  Art Smart Parents know that arts learning changes school culture in positive ways and makes teaching and learning more fun for children and adults.

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