Not exact matches
The US government
cut 4.3 billion from
education funding, including 35 million from Arts in E
education funding, including 35 million from
Arts in
EducationEducation.
Even though statistics prove that
art education benefits the child in so many ways,
funding for
art and music and other creative instruction is continually one of the first program
cuts from public school programs.
This, combined with the coalition's decisions to abolish Regional Development Agencies, the 27 per cent of
cuts to local government services and
cuts to higher
education funding, leaves the
arts at serious risk.
A new report released by the Center for
Arts Education paints a grim picture for children, given Mayor Bloomberg's proposed cuts to arts funding in the schools and to the number of teaching positions in the a
Arts Education paints a grim picture for children, given Mayor Bloomberg's proposed
cuts to
arts funding in the schools and to the number of teaching positions in the a
arts funding in the schools and to the number of teaching positions in the
artsarts.
The government plans to
cut «non-essential»
education projects including youth clubs, after - school music and
art activities and child safety projects to meet its commitment to increase
funding for disadvantaged children under a pupil premium.
«
Funding for
education is in trouble in Oregon, and the first thing that usually gets
cut is the
arts,» she says.
If current law stands and the General Assembly does not
fund enhancement teachers or make other changes this January, local school districts will have to begin drawing up plans to comply with the mandate that include the following scenarios, they say: increase class sizes in grades 4 - 12;
cut or displace
arts, music, PE and special
education classes; reassign students to different schools to alleviate crowding; and, in some cases, eliminate or displace Pre-Kindergarten.
A spokeswoman for Tate Britain confirmed: «There's a protest by about 30 students here against threatened government
cuts to
arts education funding.
Increasingly, however, such dreams are turning to action — most notably in the case of the shocking May 2015 walkout of the University of Southern California's MFA class of 2016 (now known as the USC Seven), who left the program as a group while issuing collectively signed communiqués about their grievances with school administration over
cuts in promised
funding, treatment of tenured faculty and, perhaps most important, the very direction of the school's plans to emphasize already well -
funded tech and design
education over fine
art.
He also used his speech to «acknowledge the value of accessible
education and the importance of teachers» - an apparent reference to the rise in tuition fees and
funding cuts to
arts courses.