How does dance help with school education and learning?

Question:

How does dance help with school education and learning?

Does it help increase focus or etc.? Are there websites that prove this?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: From the American Arts Alliance website:
<<Arts education has been proven to help students increase cognitive development, inspire motivation and discipline, develop confidence and inventiveness, and hone communication and problem-solving skills.

Students who study the arts continue to outperform non-arts students on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). According to the College Board's 2001 College-Bound Seniors: A Profile of SAT Program Test Takers, students with more than 4 years of arts study scored 68 points higher on the verbal section and 51 points higher on the math section of the SAT than students with no arts course work.>>
http://www.americanartsalliance.org/amer...

The "Tools and Resources" page of the Dance USA website is probably the best place to start for more links to research that proves the effectiveness of dance in education. Scroll down to "Benefits of Arts Education."
http://www.danceusa.org/government/tools...