Submitted by Carmen Graciela Díaz on July 26, 2021
In a recent opinion piece, Misty Copeland, Wynton Marsalis, Jody Gottfried Arnhold, and Russell Granet make a case for the transformational power of arts education.
Happy days will not return to New York, however, until we finally address the health, economic and educational inequities that the pandemic exposed. One proven way to promote equity and excellence in education is to give every public-school student in New York City access to high-quality instruction in dance, music, theater and the visual arts.