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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: More arts classes in CPS schools is an easy sell. Paying for it and finding teachers is the real feat.
Description: Nearly half of all Chicago public schools have only one opening for an arts teacher and some of those are not filled yet.
Leaders from the school district and Chicago Teachers Union are calling for more robust arts education.
But there’s a debate about what is enough and how much CPS can afford.
WBEZ’s Sarah Karp takes us to a theater class at one northwest side elementary school where students spent the spring sharing their stories on the big stage.
HOST: DIXON