One City, Many Voices
Arts Integration in School Reform
The story of the last ten years of school reform efforts in Oklahoma, a unique collaboration among educators, city officials, and business leaders, united around the importance of the arts in education. This case study presents what has happened, a discussion of why it has happened, and a look at where this community-wide effort is going. The keynote address will consist of dialogue between William Weitzel, CEO and superintendent of the Oklahoma City Public Schools, and Ron Bogle, who previously served on the Oklahoma City School Board. The moderator of the dialogue is Susan McCalmont, president of the Kirkpatrick Foundation. The Foundation has been a leading supporter of the arts in Oklahoma, and an effective proponent and investor in the efforts to make arts education an important part of school reform in the public schools.
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