Organized by the Arts Education Committee.
Presented by Carol Fineberg, consultant from the New York Times Foundation; Ramon Gonzalez, principal, MS 223, Bronx; Eva Pataki, Ed.D, executive officer for research and development – arts education, ICI LSO, NYC Department of Education; Jack Rosenthal, president, New York Times Company Foundation Inc.
Principal Ramon Gonzalez and other participating principals of the School Arts Support Initiative (SASI) will take GIA conferees on a virtual tour of MS 223, located in New York’s poorest Congressional Districtthe South Bronx. MS 223 is undergoing a transformation where the arts are taking their place as a basic subject along with English, Math, Science, Social Studies and Technology. Hear Mr. Gonzalez and Jack Rosenthal, President of the NYTF, and others associated with SASI discuss the transformative elements of SASI and how costs, funding, management of details, and criteria for determining “success” are faced. Discover how they confront the issue of quality regarding instruction and curriculum. See evidence that project evaluators are using to determine how the arts function as transformative agent and what measures determine impact on student achievement and general behavior.
Related links:
The Center for Arts Education