How a former White House photographer helped these D.C. kids learn
The Washington Post…In this elementary school, there are things a visitor might notice, little touches that become obvious walking through the door. Children’s artwork is hung carefully, showing that it is valued.
And there is this: It often is not super quiet around here.
“We keep our instrumental and vocal music classrooms on the first floor,” Principal Akela Stanfield-Dogbe said. “So you’re always hearing sounds. So it sounds and feels like an art space.”
This is Moten Elementary, a public school in Southeast Washington. Moten is part of the national Turnaround Arts school program, which means it emphasizes the arts, integrating them throughout the school.