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The Creative Classroom is a partnership among Austin ISD, MINDPOP and over 40 arts and cultural organizations dedicated to student success through an arts-rich education. Research on creative learning shows two things:
1. Students attending arts-rich schools have better academic and social success,1
2. Students in Austin do not have equal access to an arts-rich education.
We believe all students should have access to the powerful benefits of arts-rich schools that foster innovation, imagination, inquiry, hard-work and community. We’re creating a ten-year plan that values Equity & Access, Quality, Student Impact and Sustainability so that over time Austin ISD has a well coordinated, well researched approach to student achievement and student success using the arts and creative learning. The 2011-2012 Creative Classroom pilot schools in the McCallum-Lamar feeder pattern: McCallum HS, Lamar MS, Reilly ES, Gullett ES, Brentwood ES and Highland Park ES . These schools were chosen for their commitment to the arts, and the range of demographic profiles.
This page is a dedicated work space for the Creative Classroom as well as a place for anyone to come and learn about what is happening and how they can participate!
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