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Connecticut Post, Linda Conner Lambeck…Walking through the cavernous central hallway of the Jettie S. Tisdale School on Friday morning felt like going through the Canyon of Heroes to New York Yankee-turned-jazz guitarist Bernie Williams. Teachers cheered. Students lined up …
Connecticut Post, Linda Conner Lambeck…Architecture has taken Thom Mayne all over the world: Beijing, Zurich, Madrid, Paris and Sydney. On Monday it landed him on the East Side of Bridgeport, in one of the district’s oldest schools, Hall. From …
Des Moines Public Schools…Tony and Grammy award-winning performer John Lloyd Young spent a second day with Des Moines Public Schools, this time working with students and teachers at Cattell Elementary School. He spent two days at DMPS thanks to …
Compton Unified School District…It’s an incredible day at Turnaround Arts school King Elementary. Architect Frank Gehry and Jane Chu, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, see first hand how arts education play a role in student achievement.…
Des Moines Public Schools…Actor Kal Penn is back at Harding Middle School, and musicians Shane Shanahan and Cristina Pato of The Silk Road Ensemble are at Madison Elementary. The artists are working with students and teachers thanks to the …
Splash, Chicago Sun-Times, Chiara Milioulis…When artist Josh Groban swung through Chicago last year to support the Academy of Urban School Leadership’s Chalmers School of Excellence, the students had a profound impact on him. That’s why on March 30, Groban …
I speak for the entire team here at Turnaround Arts when I say that we are ending the fall season reflective and grateful. In the spirit of counting our blessings, here are some of the many reasons we have to …
Welcome back to school, Turnaround Arts family! We hope everyone had an amazing summer, and we cannot WAIT to work with you this school year on inspiring change in our schools across the country. We are very fortunate to have …
Dear Friends,
Since our last newsletter was shared, we welcomed Megan Beyer as the new Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH). Megan’s background in policy, education, and the arts make her an invaluable …
Addressing core challenges through the arts – that is what Turnaround Arts is all about. Each year, our local programs identify common challenges, plan for how to address them as a Turnaround Arts cluster, and then dig deeply into planning …
