"The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California." ― Gavin Newsom Topic(s): Education More From Gavin Newsom "San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans." "An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently." More In Education "It’s not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts."― Will Rogers "I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world."― Steve Case "Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army."― Edward Everett