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Written by Maryellen Rogusky
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Tuesday, 02 May 2006 |
Fall 2005 - As the largest arts education provider in the Bronx, NY, DreamYard is committed to the social and intellectual growth of thousands of Bronx youth through safe, positive and creatively challenging programs. DreamYard's team of professional artists partner with classroom teachers and community educators to help students learn how to express, write and perform their own stories. Through yearlong programs offered during the school day, After school, on weekends and during the summer, DreamYard supports youth development, enhances life-long learning skills, and promotes creative thinking and expression.
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Written by Maryellen Rogusky
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Tuesday, 02 May 2006 |
Jan. 6, 2006 - The SchoolWorks Lab, Inc. is seeking funding for an initiative called EduCrate – a “school-in-a-box” program that will help communities in crisis across the world to quickly and easily supplement or restore K-12 education services. EduCrates are portable classrooms, made from recycled shipping containers, that can accommodate up to 25 students and can be delivered anywhere in the world within two months (or less) of calling.
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Friends of the Arts (FOTA) |
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Written by Maryellen Rogusky
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Tuesday, 02 May 2006 |
Summer 2004 - Under a contract from Friends of the Arts (FOTA), The SchoolWorks Lab, Inc. (SWL) has conducted an evaluation of the Jazz Sampler programs implemented at Washington-Rose Elementary School over a five-year period beginning in 1999 and continuing through 2004. The evaluation reviewed more than 1600 pages of documents at FOTA’s physical site and discussed the program extensively with Lois Kipnis, Director of Education, FOTA. During the five years of the Jazz Sampler Implementation in Washington-Rose Elementary, approximately 2,743 students participated in workshops and performances, 700 students took part in residencies, and 125 teachers coordinated the work with the help of 48 other adults.
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Written by Maryellen Rogusky
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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 |
2004 - Musicians United for Superior Education, Inc. (MUSE) has been bringing professional artists together with Buffalo area children since 1990. Artists, teachers and parents committed to encouraging school kids to participate actively in music founded MUSE. MUSE programs get kids moving, drumming and dancing. These activities strengthen their bodies and, as part of the process, they learn about diverse cultures, thus fostering cultural vitality in our community. The primary objective is to help children develop fundamental personal, social, leadership, academic and artistic skills.
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New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA) |
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Written by Robert A. Southworth Jr.
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Saturday, 04 February 2006 |
Oct. 2003 - NYSCA Awards Services to the Field Grant
The SchoolWorks Lab, an educational partnership group with national expertise in arts assessment and evaluation, will evaluate Partnerships between schools and arts organization in the establishment of a Professional Development model based on an online sampling of evidence of student learning. The SchoolWorks Lab will support ten partnership sites by creating and maintaining the online sampling system, providing guidance in the use of the online sampling system, and evaluating the quality of the evidence of student learning as demonstrated by the alignment between the sample of student work, the teacher’s assessment, the Teaching Artist’s assessment, and the program goals. Participants will grow in their knowledge and skills in assessment through reflecting on the assessment process, documenting the evidence of student learning using shared language and technique, and creating a dialogue among colleagues who work with the same students.
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