CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR…How music, dance, and painting helped revive a struggling school in Bridgeport, Conn. – and how it could show others the way.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2016/0827/The-school-that-art-saved…

THE WASHINGTON POST…One of Michelle Obama’s key arts programs will continue after she leaves the White House. Management of Turnaround Arts, started five years ago to bring high-quality music, theater, dance and visual arts instruction to underperforming schools, …

EDUCATION WEEK…A five-year-old White House program that supports art in struggling schools will join forces with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and continue to add schools in coming years.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2016/05/white_house_turnaround_arts_in.html…

USA TODAY…The last time Aleya McBride visited the White House, she was following around a tour guide during a class field trip. On Wednesday, the wiry 10-year-old with the unruly poof of black hair was going to dance for …

Fox 5 DC…Hollywood actress Elizabeth Banks was in the District Wednesday to celebrate arts, humanities, and a major book donation at a D.C. public school. Turnaround Arts worked with Reading Is Fundamental, the largest nonprofit literacy organization in the …

KGO ABC 7, Chris Nguyen…Students at an East Bay Elementary School were treated to some Hollywood magic Friday, thanks in part to a national program that educators say has made all the difference in boosting academic achievement.

http://abc7news.com/education/actor-tim-robbins-visits-hayward-school/1220949/ 

San Diego Union Tribune,  Bradley J. Fikes…Arts programs usually dwindle at underperforming schools, where attention is focused on improving grades and other traditional educational metrics. Turnaround Arts tackles the problem from another angle — that of motivation and educational …