State of the Arts in Chicago Public Schools: Progress Report 2013-2014

 
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State of the Arts in Chicago Public Schools: Progress Report 2013-2014

In July 2014, Ingenuity released the State of the Arts in Chicago Public Schools: Baseline Report 2012-201312 to set the benchmark against which district-wide efforts to expand arts instruction will be measured. The Baseline Report examined the level of arts instruction in Chicago Public Schools for the year the CPS Arts Education Plan was implemented. This current report is the first in a series of annual progress reports that will examine changes in instructional time, staffing, partnerships, and funding. For the first time, this report provides the ability to track specific areas of growth in schools from year to year. These reports are designed to provide a clear understanding of the arts needs of each school and of the district as a whole, and to track the success of the CPS Arts Education Plan. However, this data is only valuable if it results in concrete action. As stated in the recent Baseline Report, the key to the Plan’s success is an ongoing evaluation of selected high-level goals, central to its overall progress.

This report examines the level of arts instruction in Chicago Public Schools. It sets the benchmark against which district-wide efforts to expand arts instruction will be measured. Ever since Chicago Public Schools elevated the arts to a core subject in the 2012-2013 school year, students from K-6 grades have been experiencing two hours of weekly instructions in the arts and notice an increase in the number of certified arts instructors in their classrooms. This progress report shows the strides that Chicago is taking with its city-wide Cultural Plan, the first CPS Arts Education plan. It has been working towards addressing some systemic needs such as (1) higher numbers of credentialed arts instructors, (2) equitable access to those instructors for all students, and (3) sustained and consistent funding for the arts in all schools- progress may be fleeting.

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Ingenuity
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2014
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