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Kennedy Permenter
Sarah Crist
English 4
November 7, 2014
Art classes being the first to go with budget cuts
Students love looking forward to a break during academic classes throughout a day of
school. Having art education in between these classes give students a brief break during classes
with something they like to do. With budget cuts happening more often, art education programs
are the first to go. Across the country art programs are trying alternatives to keep art education in
school while still dealing with budget cuts.
The cost-cutting measures for the budget cuts include getting rid of supplies and the
teachers that teach the children art education. Children and schools are not entitled to have art
programs. Most schools across the country favor math, reading, and writing rather than most art
programs which leads to them being pushed out of every day education. While there is debate
that students who take art classes during high school have better personal and academics results,
budget cuts help eliminate these programs. Studies show in eighth, 10th and 12th grade students
prefer art education and prove to have a growing advantage than students not involved in the
arts. Art involved students perform more than 17% better than their peers who are not interested
or take art classes in high school.
Federal funds for arts education are drying up. A lot of education are not being properly
funded which increases the rate of art programs being cut. One program that is not being funded

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this year is Arts in Education, a program within the Department of Education that awards grants
for arts teacher training. Instead, it is being combined into an umbrella program that covers
health education, financial literacy, foreign language, and physical education. (Fang 1). With
this not being funded, it makes arts even more accessible to cut.
A solution to this problem would be to cut from all academics. If the budget for each
school was shared evenly throughout the academics and elective classes, the need for supplies
would be scarce but art education would not be missed by many students. The biggest reason for
cutting art education has to do with the delusion about the cognitive value of the arts. Art is not
expressed by being helpful to students or academically informative but as expressive.
Schools should not be limited to learning the proper education for students preparing for
college. Many students have a desire to continue these art programs that maybe lead to a career.
It is very important that towns across the country still work hard for the funds of art education
programs and continue to teach generations of children the proper art education that meets
student requirements.

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Works Cited
Elmore, Tim. "For Students, a Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words." The Huffington Post.
TheHuffingtonPost.com, 01 July 2013. Web. 07 Nov. 2014.
Loop, Erica. "Solutions to Cuts in Art & Music Programs in Public Schools." Everyday Life.
N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2014.
Phifer, Matt. "Despite White House Report Advocating Arts Education, Budgets Face Cuts."
ABC News. ABC News Network, 13 May 2011. Web. 07 Nov. 2014.

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Kennedy Permenter
Sarah Crist
English 4
November 7, 2014
Annotated Bibliography
Loop, Erica. "Solutions to Cuts in Art & Music Programs in Public Schools." Everyday Life.
N.p.,n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2014.
Schools threaten to cut art from the curriculum more often than other classes. There
simply isnt enough money to buy supplies for the classes and pay the teachers to teach them.
Schools arent entitled to have art education programs. Schools automatically favor reading,
writing and math classes. Between the increasingly higher importance on the more "academic"
subjects and less money to spend on education, it isn't surprising that schools are seeing major
cuts to art and music programs. (Loop 1) This article will benefit my paper because it mainly
talk about the solution to budget cuts affected art.
Phifer, Matt. "Despite White House Report Advocating Arts Education, Budgets Face Cuts."
ABC News. ABC News Network, 13 May 2011. Web. 07 Nov. 2014.
The battle for art funding continues in towns across America. The Presidents committee
of Arts and Humanities opened a report to re-invest art education. Sports faces less cuts than in
art classes. Advocates for arts education point out that students who participate in the arts score
better on standardized tests, a finding acknowledged by the PCAH report (Phifer 1). Studies
show in eighth, 10th and 12th grade students prefer art education and prove to have a growing
advantage than students not involved in the arts. Art involved students perform more than 17%

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better than their peers who are not interested and involved in art. With these classes cut students
wont have the same motivation to go to school as they do with them during their day. This
article benefits my paper because it has the information needed for my paper.

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