Credits

Author
Douglas Israel
Director of Research and Policy
doug@caenyc.org

The Center for Arts Education
14 Penn Plaza
225 W. 34th Street, Suite 1112
New York, NY 10122
www.caenyc.org

Acknowledgments
The Center for Arts Education (CAE) would like to thank Dan Mallett for his invaluable assistance with the report’s data analysis and for his overall guidance on the project. We also thank Carol Fineberg, Jennifer Jennings, and Carol Shookhoff for their careful review and editing as well as Natalie Coppa, Caitlin Hannon, and Dorothea Lasky for their many contributions to the work.

CAE is grateful for the expertise and input of our board members, especially Jill Braufman, Cyrus Driver, Arthur Greenberg, and David Shookhoff, and for the cooperation of Paul King, Executive Director of the Office of the Arts and Special Projects at the New York City Department of Education, for facilitating access to the data used in this report.

This report was made possible in part by funding from the Altman Foundation, the Booth Ferris Foundation and the Greentree Foundation.

Art Direction & Design
Didier García, Principal
Pixélion, LLC
www.pixelion.com

About
The Center for Arts Education is committed to stimulating and sustaining quality arts education as an essential part of every child’s education in the New York City public schools. CAE provides tools and resources to deliver quality arts learning for all children. Our innovative teaching and learning programs–fostering collaboration with teachers and school leaders, cultural and community organizations–help build arts-infused school communities. Our advocacy initiatives educate policymakers and the public about the value of arts education as an essential ingredient in a quality education and a fundamental part of children’s overall health and well-being.

Board of Directors

Officers

Jill Braufman, Board Chair

Laurie M. Tisch, Chair Emeritus
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Jody Gottfried Arnhold, Board Vice Chair

Christina Mason, Secretary and Treasurer
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Members

Richard Anderman
Lawrence B. Benenson, Benenson Capital Partners, LLC
Aidan Connolly
Judith K. Dimon
Cyrus E. Driver, Ford Foundation
Peter Duchin, Peter Duchin Orchestras, Inc.
Frederick J. Frelow, Ford Foundation
Arthur Greenberg, Ed.D.
John J. Hannan, Apollo Management, L.P.
Michael Lofton
Kavitha Mediratta, New York Community Trust
David J. Pollak, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
David Sherman, American Federation of Teachers
David Shookhoff, Manhattan Theatre Club
Bruce Silverstein, Silverstein Photography
Shari Misher Stenzler, London Misher Public Relations
Jennifer Sucov, Prevention Magazine
Charles Traub, School of Visual Arts
Marlene Wallach, Wilhelmina Kids & Teens

Executive Director
Richard Kessler