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Reports
Produced by the Office of the Public Advocate
Contact : 212.669.4813
June 2008
Out of Tune:
A Survey on NYC Students’ Access to Arts Education
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Summary: In January 2008, the Public Advocate’s Office surveyed 100 randomly selected public elementary schools and 50 randomly selected public middle schools in New York City. Surveyors asked specifically about arts education classes provided to third and fourth graders, or sixth graders in the case of middle schools.
The survey found, among other results, that only seven percent of elementary schools and 27 percent of middle schools surveyed offered instruction in all four arts disciplines—music, visual arts, dance, and theater—as required by state regulations.
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