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Hartmann, Tracey; McClanahan, Wendy; Pierce, Jill – Research for Action, 2023
Youth benefit from involvement in the arts. At the same time, youth from families with low incomes are about half as likely to have access to arts instruction as youth from families with more resources, due to cuts in arts education which disproportionally affect schools in under-resourced communities that have been economically and socially…
Descriptors: Art Education, After School Programs, Program Implementation, Educational Quality
Gold, Eva; Good, Deborah; Robertson-Kraft, Claire; Callahan, M. Kate – Research for Action, 2011
In April 2009, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman announced her reform plan for the School District of Philadelphia (the District)--"Imagine 2014". Among other major initiatives, "Imagine 2014" laid the groundwork for Philadelphia's Renaissance Schools Initiative. The Renaissance Initiative, set to enter its second year in 2011-12,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Outcomes of Education
Research for Action, 2011
In April 2009, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman announced her reform plan for the School District of Philadelphia (the District)--"Imagine 2014". Among other major initiatives, "Imagine 2014" laid the groundwork for Philadelphia's Renaissance Schools Initiative. The Renaissance Initiative, set to enter its second year in 2011-12, is an effort to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Outcomes of Education