Report Shows Progress in Second Year of Arts Plan

 Ingenuity has released the State of the Arts in Chicago Public Schools Progress Report. The report shows that participating CPS schools have increased arts instruction, staffing, partnerships and funding during the second year of implementing the CPS Arts Education Plan. The report also finds that combined District and external funds committed to arts education in CPS increased 11 percent, or by nearly $14 million—most of which has been dedicated to CPS’ hiring of credentialed arts instructors.

CPS compares favorably to other urban school districts by offering lower student to instructor ratios, a higher minimum weekly instruction requirement (120 minutes per K-8 student), and access to arts instruction by a larger number of students.