Turnaround Arts

TURNAROUND ARTS

Using the arts to create success in struggling schools.

WHAT WE DO

Turnaround Arts brings arts education resources into Priority- and Focus-designated schools as a strategic tool for targeting larger school challenges and opportunities.

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HOW TO GIVE

Turnaround Arts needs your help to ensure that every kid in America has access to an education rich in the arts, no matter their zip code. Please click DONATE TODAY to support us.

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OUR IMPACT

From improving academic achievement to decreasing disciplinary problems, research is illuminating Turnaround Arts’ positive impact in schools across the country.

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WHERE WE WORK

Turnaround Arts currently works in 84 schools, 43 districts, and 17 states and the District of Columbia.

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Our Artists

Turnaround Artists are acclaimed, creative professionals who adopt Turnaround Arts schools over the length of the program, working directly with students and teachers, engaging parents and the school community, and highlighting the positive impact of the arts on their school’s transformation.

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ABOUT US

Turnaround Arts is a national program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It was founded in 2011 by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, a White House advisory committee on cultural issues, under the leadership of former First Lady Michelle Obama. The program is based on the premise that high-quality and integrated arts education can strengthen school reform efforts, boost academic achievement, and increase student engagement in schools facing some of the toughest educational challenges in the country.

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