According to the College Board Entrance Examination, "Students with backgrounds in the arts score higher on SAT's than students with no coursework in the arts." The City of East Chicago and the Carnegie Performing Arts Association (a local, nonprofit organization led by local citizens and business representatives) know exactly how important the arts are to inner-city youth. That very premise is the outcome of a city partnership to renovate the old Carnegie library on Grand Boulevard and transform the now-vacant building into a state-of-the-art performing arts center.
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