"Arts education fosters bright, creative, and socially engaged students who will grow up to be our next leaders, parents, teachers, artists, and engineers. Their innovative ideas will shape industries; their creative thinking will find out-of-the-box solutions for a global society, and will provide students with a way to understand themselves, and have a sense of belonging." -- Jane Chu

(This quote is from Jane Chu's Sept. 11, 2014 speech at the Arts Education Partnership National Forum)