Grim Picture for Arts Education in NYC
Carlton Curry, of CEJ talks about how 26 of the 70 schools in District 9 don't have arts teachers
Today, the Center for Arts Education (CAE), the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice (CEJ), the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), United Federation of Teachers (UFT), elected officials, parents and other education advocates denounced proposed funding cuts in the arts in schools. CEJ and AQE called on Mayor Bloomberg to recognize the arts crisis in our schools and enact sensible solutions to fix the City’s budget — such as ending tax breaks for the wealthiest New Yorkers and the biggest banks.
A new report released by CAE found:
- Funds to hire arts and cultural organizations to provide arts education services directly to students declined by $1.1 million, or 8 percent, since the previous year, and by $7.8 million, or 36 percent, since