The Human Skills Advantage™ Data Project

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Help us collect the community voices that prove what fine arts builds.

The conversation in education needs to shift from career building to skill building. Fine arts has always built the creativity, collaboration, and resilience students carry into everything they do next. The Data Project collects community voices that prove it — from people with no financial stake in the outcome.

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There are two ways to participate:

1. Share Your Own Story

2. Bring the One Word Board to your next event and collect the voices around you.

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What It Does 

• Helps parents and students articulate what fine arts gave them beyond the craft

• Gives educators real community voices for recruiting and retention conversations

• Builds evidence decision-makers need to hear from people outside the fine arts bubble

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The One Word Board

Two questions — one for each audience:

For parents: "What ONE WORD did fine arts participation build in your student?"
For students: "What ONE WORD has fine arts participation built in you?"

 

The Steps

1. Print the PAE One Word Board Header that matches your audience — Parents or Students — and place it on a board or poster. Set out sticky notes or markers for participants.

2. Ask participants to answer the question and write their word on the board or a sticky note.

3. Document the results with a photo.

4. Share on social media and tag us — @parentsforartsed on Instagram or @paetexas on Facebook.

5. Complete the event submission form to add your results to the overall national project.

6. Use your results in your own community — share the words, tell the stories, and build the "Fine Arts Builds Human Skills" grassroots movement where you are.

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