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First Federally Endorsed Arts Integration Program!

Cllck here to see great video from Good Morning America of Sarah Jessica Parker endorsing a new federal arts-integrated school program. We at the George Rodrigue Foundation are so happy to hear that arts-integration is getting some attention nationally!

The Turnaround Arts Initiative is a new public-private partnership designed to help narrow the achievement gap and increase student achievement though the arts.

Batiste Cultural Arts Academy in New Orleans was selected as one of eight schools nationwide to be a part of this 2-year initiative. This is the first federal initiative to examine the role of arts in school reform and will also generate new research looking at how a robust arts program affects students.

Learn more in this article from WWL-TV:

Actors, artists aim to turn around failing schools; N.O. school picked

 

 

 



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