From today’s City Room, by Anna Phillips: Even Before Layoffs, Schools Lost 135 Arts Teachers
And, before that, there was successive years of steep declines in funding for arts supplies and cultural partnerships.
New York City spends $2 per student on arts supplies. I know suburban districts on Long Island and Westchester that spend about $18.
Click here to read the report.
Reading and math teachers are expected to be cut at a much lower rate.
