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DOE representative discusses efforts to support arts education
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Cordelia Veve, Chief of Curriculum and Instruction for the Division of School Leadership, responds to Council Member Dinowitz's concerns by outlining the DOE's efforts to support arts education.
- Veve highlights the DOE's commitment to continuing funding for arts education into fiscal year 2025, despite stimulus funding sunsetting.
- She acknowledges the need to change mindsets about arts education within the DOE.
- Veve explains that while superintendents may not explicitly discourage arts spending, they often prioritize other areas, indicating a need to better integrate arts into overall educational priorities.
Cordelia Veve
1:41:47
I think there are strides being made.
1:41:50
I think even in light of stimulus funding sunsetting, there was a commitment to continuing funding into the fiscal year 'twenty five.
1:42:00
And so I think, you know, often we put money where our mouth is, and so that is a first step.
1:42:08
And then I think Paul is talking about how do we change mindsets?
1:42:15
I do not think that there are superintendents that are saying, No, don't spend money on arts, But they're saying, we have a level of priorities.
1:42:24
So our work is to think about how does the arts fit in to those priorities.