Podcasts Culture Philadelphia Community Podcast Insight Pt. 1: Public Citizens for Children and Youth - Why Arts Education is Critical for Our Kids

Insight Pt. 1: Public Citizens for Children and Youth - Why Arts Education is Critical for Our Kids

Published: July 22, 2021, 8:46 p.m.

b'Arts education is a critical part of a child\\u2019s education and yet \\u2013 music and art classes are often the first to go when budgets are cut. I speak to Donna Cooper, Executive Director of Public Citizens and Children and Youth which just issued a report showing the critical value of arts in education. Cooper also discusses PCCY\\u2019s Picasso Project which gives arts education a boost in several schools in Philadelphia with great results.
https://www.pccy.org/
https://www.pccy.org/issues/education/picasso-project/'