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Arts Impact Awarded Sixth U.S. Department of Education Arts in Education Grant

Arts Impact has been awarded a three-year, $847,000 U.S. Department of Education Arts in Education grant to scale up the successful Teacher Training: Arts as Literacy Program (TTAL) in the Seattle School District. One of only 13 grants awarded nationally, this is the 6th award for Arts Impact—the most of any arts education program in the country.

Arts Impact's 2011 Successful Summer Institutes

This summer, Arts Impact served a record number of teachers in the Summer Institutes! A grand total of 114 teachers participated in three fun and learning-filled professional development weeks.

66 first year teachers and 48 second year teachers from both Pierce and King Counties completed the Institutes, with grades taught ranging from Pre-K through 8.The Seattle, Tacoma and Enumclaw...