About

Why we created the Arts Education Map and what we hope to achieve.

How to use the ArtsEdMap

Welcome to ArtsEdMap for NYC. The ArtsEdMap provides detailed information about arts education offerings in more than 1,900 NYC public schools.

We have gathered data from NYC government reports to create this tool. All schools have an ArtsEdMap page and it contains school level information and three reports you can download, use and share:

ArtsEdMap School Profile;

Department of Education Arts in Schools Report;

InsideSchools Profile.

You may not be familiar with all of the words and subjects on these reports and you can review the glossary to learn more. You can also review resources to understand more about arts education in public schools in NYC and how you can become more involved in advocating for arts education in your school community and bring more arts learning into your home.

We hope you use this free tool and tell others about it. The more people who use the tool, the more it will help parents, school communities and leaders, policy makers, and the public be aware of arts education resources available to educate NYC students in meaningful and successful ways.

The ArtsEdMap will change each year because new data will be added for a new time period. Your comments will also help us. Please email us at artsedmap@caenyc.org; we welcome your ideas and feedback about how the ArtsEdMap can be improved.

Background

ArtsEdMap was created by The Center for Arts Education, CAE, to provide easy access to up to date information about arts instruction in NYC’s public schools.

There is information in each ArtsEdMap school profile and in the resources section to help you become more active in school communities; learn about the arts instruction requirements in NYC schools; encourage creativity and arts learning at home and at school; and review research on arts education’s power to help students and school communities.

We believe that providing you detailed information and resources is the best way to promote and encourage you and school communities to celebrate the arts learning that is happening in schools and, if there are gaps in access to arts education, to support increased equity in arts education for all NYC public school students.

Why should arts education be a strong and well-resourced part of a school’s academic program? First, NYS education laws require that all public school students receive arts education at all grade levels. To support students receiving a complete education, NYS also requires many other academic subjects be taught during a k – 12 education.

All students, especially those who need more academic support, can benefit from arts instruction. Studies show it can increase student academic success and graduation rates; lower student absenteeism; and improve and enhance school climate and culture.

Arts education is an essential and required curriculum in a 21st century education because it develops critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. These important skills are necessary for all students to succeed in school, work and life.

We believe that providing information to you and bringing together school communities, parents, cultural partners, and policy makers will improve arts education for our city’s public school students, who are our future leaders, workers and neighbors. 

About The Center for Arts Education

The ArtsEdMap NYC is a project of The Center for Arts Education, CAE. Since 1996 CAE has been committed to ensuring that all NYC public school students receive quality arts instruction as part of their pre-K– 12 education.

CAE serves this mission through advocacy and public engagement projects and initiatives; providing arts education services in dance, music, theater and visual/media arts to all grade levels in all boroughs; conducting research and developing model programs; and offering career preparation and professional development to students, educators, artists and school leaders.

ArtsEdMap Funding and Resources Partners

We are grateful for the funding support the ArtsEdMap has received from The New York Community Trust, Altman Foundation, Blanche Enders Trust and Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund.

InsideSchools, a project of The New School’s Center for New York City Affairs, generously provided their school profiles to supplement information on the ArtsEdMap.

The NYC Department of Education’s Office of Arts and Special Projects and Office of Intergovernmental Affairs never failed to direct us to resources and information to review and improve the map.

Briteweb managed the development and design of the ArtsEdMap website.

Thank you also to the organizations who assisted CAE in beta-testing the map and spreading the word about it to their stakeholders and customers.

Finally, thank you to all the CAE staff, Board and consultants who supported this project and worked so hard and patiently to make it happen.

About the Information on the ArtsEd Map

All the data used to create the ArtsEdMap is available to the public. The data is released and updated at different times of the year by New York City Department of Education (DOE), New York City Open Data, and New York City Council.

To see the most current version of each database, report and information source listed below, please click on the name. The data sources used for the ArtsEdMap were updated through March 2018.

In the data reviewed, there was incomplete information available on city council members and cultural partnerships. To complete these reports, CAE staff researched and provided the information using other public sources.

Arts in Schools Reports for Individual Schools

The New York City Department of Education is found on the "statistics" page of each individual school's website for arts education accountability; the URLs were manually input for the ArtsEdMap NYC platform.

Arts in Schools Reports are not issued for Charter Schools. Please contact the school directly to learn about their arts education program.

General School Information

The LCGMS database issued by DOE's Office of Organizational Affairs.

The annual Arts in Schools Report issued by DOE's Office of Arts & Special Projects. 

The Universal Pre-K (UPK) Schools Locations Directory issued by DOE. 

The school-level demographic enrollment information issued by DOE. 

The Arts Education Liaisons contacts issued by DOE's Office of Arts & Special Projects.

The City Council Districts are in the Arts in Schools Report and in City Council Arts Report issued by DOE’s Intergovernmental Affairs

Student Demographics The 2016- 2017 Demographic Snapshot issued by DOE.

High School Graduation Rates The 2016- 2017 School Quality Report Graduation Report issued by DOE. 

School Attendance Rates The school attendance data issued by DOE.

Arts Subjects Taught, Certified Art Teachers, and Dedicated and Multi-Purpose Space The Annual Arts in Schools Report issued by DOE's Office of Arts & Special Projects.

The City Council Arts Report, issued by DOE's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Cultural Partnerships The Center for Arts Education used the Arts In Schools report’s lists of school level cultural partners and manually added website addresses to provide more detailed contact information.

InsideSchools School Profile Reports The individual school profiles were generously provided by InsideSchools. InsideSchools is a project of The New School's Center for New York City Affairs and aims to equip users with information about the New York City education provided to students.

Support the ArtsEdMap

Are you interested in increasing arts education access, equity, and quality in NYC? Please consider supporting the ArtsEDMap project.