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Creative Youth Development: Transforming the Learning Environment

This Education Trends report explores the design and impact of CYD programs — including examples of successful programs across the country — and provides policy considerations for states looking for ways to narrow the achievement gap and support student success.

This report is part of a series  made possible with funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation  that highlights promising policy trends across the priority areas identified in The Arts Leading the Way to Student Success: A 2020 Action Agenda for Advancing the Arts in Education. See the other reports in this series:

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Sept. 7, 2018

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