The mission of the Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership is to leverage quality arts learning to create outstanding and equitable classrooms for every child, in every school, every day.

We don’t just talk about the value of the arts in creating a meaningful, high quality education for children. We BELIEVE it! The following belief statements inform the mission and vision of the Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership.

Values of Education
We believe that the core value and purpose of the educational system is to build a healthy and equitable society. Education endeavors to do this by creating and providing equitable opportunities for students to become healthy, knowledgeable citizens – conscious, informed, respectful and engaged – prepared to deal with and influence change, and to contribute to a diverse, interdependent community. Schools provide learning environments for students to develop tools and life skills to dispel ignorance, to see what is, and to imagine whatís possible. These tools and skills will allow them to realize their potential and that of the community and society.

Values of the Arts
We further believe that access to and practice in the arts for every child every day is essential to the accomplishment of this endeavor. Equitable classrooms use artistic disciplines to ensure that every child has the opportunity to practice critical thinking, to acquire knowledge in a meaningful way, to discover and express their own experiences, to investigate creative ideas, to make new connections for themselves and others, and to learn the value of collaboration, interdependence, and compassion. Students with these tools and life skills are capable of dispelling ignorance, imagining whatís possible, and realizing their potential and that of their community and society.

The Alliance belief statement has inspired many groups to create belief statements regarding their beliefs about the value of arts learning for their children, students and the community at large. Most notably, the Arts Active Parents of the Alliance created a companion belief statement that you are invited to read and sign.