PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS, HUMANITIES EXPANDS PROGRAM

"The Turnaround Arts program has exceeded not just our expectations, but our wildest hopes and dreams," said First Lady Michelle Obama, who is honorary chair of the committee on the arts and humanities. "With the help of this program and some school improvement grants, math and reading scores have gone up in these schools, attendance is up, enrollment is up, parent engagement is up, suspensions have plummeted, and two of the schools in our pilot improved so dramatically that they are no longer in turnaround status. And today, the students in these schools are engaged in their education like never before."

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