GOOD.is: Arts Funding Down in New York City Schools

GOOD Education > Nikhil Swaminathan

Between the years of 2006 and 2009, spending on the arts and music in New York City public schools went in the opposite direction of overall education spending. The former plummeted by nearly 70 percent, while the latter ballooned by nearly 20 percent, says a story in the New York Daily News. The figures are from a report by The Center for Arts Education.

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