Art=Engagement The Turnaround Arts program has exceeded not just our expectations, but our wildest hopes and dreams, says First Lady Obama, about a White House and Department of Education program started as an experiment two years ago in eight elementary and middle schools to test the theory that arts education can help improve student outcomes and create more positive learning environments. Major artists adopted each school. Math and reading scores have gone up in these schools, attendance is up, enrollment is up, parent engagement is up, suspensions have plummeted and two of the schools in our pilot improved so dramatically that they are no longer in turnaround status, she maintains.
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 20:33:05 +0000
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