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Arts Education Matters
Research shows:
Students involved in the arts are 4x more likely to be recognized for academic achievement and 3x more likely to win a school attendance award.
72% of today’s business leaders say that creativity is the number one skill they seek when hiring.
Students engaged in arts learning score higher on the SAT and are more likely to graduate on time than peers with little school-day arts instruction
Voting This Fall Can Help Arts Education
Elected officials make decisions about funding and policy that impacts what students learn and what resources schools receive.
Call 311 to find out where you should vote, election dates, and more.
NYC Has Arts Learning Requirements for All Students
Grades
PreK-K
Grades 1-3
Grades 4-6
Grades 7-8
High School
Required Hours
n/a
186
93
110
108
Grades
PreK-K
Grades 1-3
Grades 4-6
Grades 7-8
High School
Arts Learning Requirements
Arts integrated into all curriculum
All students spend 20% of time learning art skills
All students spend 10% of time learning art skills
All students must complete 2 half units taught by a licensed arts teacher
All students must complete 1 unit taught by a licensed arts teacher
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is supported by New York Community Trust Cultural Agenda Fund
Partner organizations include:
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Arts East New York, Inc., Dance/NYC, New York Foundation for the Arts, Bloomingdale School of Music, Coalition for Educational Justice
The New York City Coalition of Community Schools of the Arts include:
The Bloomindale School of Music, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn Music School, The Diller-Quaile School of Music, Greenwich House Music, Harlem School of the Arts, Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg Music School of Lighthouse Guild, Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Music Center, Manna House Musi Workshops, 92nd Street Y School of the Arts, Third Street Music School Settlement, & Turtle Bay Music School.
The New York City Coalition of Educational Justice include the member organizations:
Make the Road New York, New Settlement Apartments, New York Communities for Change, United Federation of Teachers -- Parent Outreach Committee, The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University.