Data Snapshots
As advocates for arts education equity in Chicago, Ingenuity’s work sits where teaching artists, arts organizations, arts educators, funders, and policymakers intersect. We focus on advancing access to quality arts education by creating connections between these stakeholders, and more. Data shapes all of our strategies, and ultimately, helps to drive the individual and collective impact of Chicago’s arts education sector.
The Data Snapshot is an analysis by Ingenuity’s Data & Research team that takes a closer look at information collected from the Creative School Survey and other sources. Data Snapshots don’t replace Ingenuity’s State of the Arts in Chicago Public Schools reports; instead, they’re complementary, expanding the story behind the data, allowing us and the arts education sector to utilize the information in the construction of plans and ideas to further advance equitable access to arts education in Chicago Public Schools (CPS).
Data Snapshots provide an opportunity to delve deeper into research questions and further explore how to translate understandings into action. Each Snapshot focuses on one specific topic.
Residency Program Costs & Teaching Artist Compensation
This Snapshot explores the following data questions: What are the costs associated with an arts partnerships residency? How are these costs allocated across categories, such as arts partner services, teacher planning, program supplies, and field trips? What is the current landscape of Teaching Artist hourly compensation for planning and implementation?
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High School Arts Offerings
This Data Snapshot seeks to understand how high school arts staffing and coursework offerings changed during the past three school years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in relation to geographic region and school governance structure.
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Arts Partnerships Before and After the Pandemic
This Snapshot explores how arts partnerships evolved during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the common characteristics of arts organizations that had school partners in 2018-19 but no longer in 2020-21, and how to use this data to build back partnership numbers.
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BIPOC Representation and Arts Partners
This Snapshot explores BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) representation within community arts organizations that work with CPS schools.
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Arts Education Access in CPS
This first Data Snapshot, Arts Education Access in CPS: How school size, type, and student demographics impact 2019-20 Creative Schools Certification, examines the relationship between race and ethnicity, school enrollment, school type, and a school’s Creative Schools Certification score (CSC).
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