“CPS set itself apart as a national leader in understanding the value of art education and investment after creating an expansive arts plan in 2012, said Nicole Upton, executive director of Ingenuity, a nonprofit founded to assess and support arts education in Chicago. That plan established a goal of one art teacher for every 350 students. In the baseline report, 56% of schools met the standard; in the most recent report from 2023, 73% did.”
More arts classes in CPS schools is an easy sell. Paying for it and finding teachers is the real feat.
