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Arts to Grow works with schools and community organizations in the NY/NJ metro area to provide art programs that change children's lives, inspiring them to love to learn and helping them discover their personal, intrinsic motivation.
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Getting the Arts Back into Education
Getting the Arts Back into Education
Shrinking access to arts education—and its disproportionate affect on children from lower-income neighborhoods—has been a growing concern for some time; last spring, a report released by NYC Comptroller Scott Stringershowed that spending on arts programs had decreased drastically over the past seven years, and the schools most affected were often in the neighborhoods where quality enrichment…