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Anna Varosy Exploration (Music Education In Crisis, Joseph Pergola I…

- - - - Underfunded Colorado Schools and Music Programs Receive 450 Instruments From Bringing Music To Life, Erica Stoll
        This source gave me a general perspective on underfunded music programs within the state of Colorado, and also gave me another model for how music education can be helped.
        
        More than 140 Colorado public schools identified for low performance in 2017 state quality ratings, Nic Garcia
        At this point, I decided I wanted to narrow my scope further. Using this source, which has information on the performance of various schools in the state of Colorado, I decided I was going to focus on Denver Public Schools, which also incorporates my passion to mention the inner-city programs.
        
        DPS Strategic Arts Plan
        Focusing on DPS, I focused my search on their art programs. This source gave me information on the current state of DPS arts as well as what they are currently doing to improve their arts programs. I decided I would focus my argument on this document and offer some solutions to the problems that DPS is facing.
        
        Did $40 million improve Denver Public Schools art programs?, Yesenia Robles
        This source dove into the real use of increased funds in Denver arts programs, and could help me advocate why finding would play a crucial role in getting music programs to a successful place.
        
        Where should an increase in the music education budget come from?
        
        Denver School of the Arts: Elite or elitist?, The Denver Post
        Getting into the specific schools of Denver Public Schools, Denver School of the Arts stood out as an outlier to me because it is one of the most successful arts programs in the nation. This article addressed why that was problematic and unrepresentative, and offers insight as to why the rest of DPS' music programs are not thriving in the same sense.
        
        Have there been results from DPS' plan for art education?
        
        Where is DPS going to get more music teachers from?
        
        How many music programs are underfunded?
        In the state of Colorado, bringing music to life worked with 37 underfunded music programs to provide them with resources.
      - Who is in office now to make decisions?
        Michael Bennet is a senator in the state of Colorado involved with education funding.