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Files of Noa Meyer, Researcher
Box 4: Files
Archived from OEOB 100 by Caroline Marvin on May 26, 2000
Chicago
Chicago Principals
Education
Barbara Boxer
Beijing
Beijing
Buddy picture
Arts Education
Arts
Videos
Background Information: Conservatory of Flowers
Millennium Council Projects
Conservatory of Flowers
Millennium Council Projects
November 1998
Videos: 11/24/98
August 1998
September 1998
Video 10/15/98
October Videos
Adoptions
Adoption
Achievement
Early Childhood Development
July 1998: Videos
Africa 1997
Africare
Women and Girls Education
Advance Checklist
Africa: Human Rights
Civil Society/Democracy Building
Albright
Anniversaries
Archive Lists and Info
ENCLOSURES FILED OVERSIZE ATTACHMENTS
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SENT BY CHICAGO
: 2-18-98 : 5:17PM :MAYORS EXECUTIVE OFC-
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April 27
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Sarah Pang
First Deputy Chief of Staff
FROM:
Lisa Boulden
Mayor's Office
Danch
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Harrict Richter Resnick Her
Office of Budget & Management
DATE:
February 17. 1998
RE:
Hillary Clinton's Chicago Visit
Listed below are two initiatives for Hillary Clinton could highlight in her upcoming visit to
Chicago April 27-29, 1998:
430-4/27
Chicago Public School Lighthouse Program
The Lighthouse program is an extended day, after school program, geared primarily toward
the improvement of student achievement in reading comprehension, mathematics and test taking
skills. One year after its inception, the Lighthousc program has grown to serve 112,000 children,
in 248 elementary schools citywide.
The goals of the program are to: 1) improve the academic performance of at-risk children through
additional tutoring services: and 2) provide a safc. productive environment for children after
regular school hours.
Students remain after school for two-and-one-half hours, two to four days per week, for twenty
weeks. In addition to academics, students are exposed to career development, physical education,
computer skills and various hobbies. Each school is able to design its own curriculum based upon
the needs of the community.
At the end of the day, students are served a third meal, providing a necessary nutritional
component. Funding for this has been made possible through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Lighthouse program is a national model of schools serving as resources within their
communities With participating schools located throughout the City. we can have a variety of
choices for the White House to meet their needs.
- At a school
SENT BY CHICAGO
; 2-18-98 : 5:17PM MAYORS EXECUTIVE OFC-
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"Chicago's Kids Week"
Mayor Daley will highlight a week of children's activities to show the accomplishments of
children and the many activities and programs available to them throughout Chicago. "Chicago's
Kids Week" will be held during Spring Break in April of 1998 (April 20-26, 1998) so that
children can participate. By coordinating efforts with corporations, foundations. non-profits and
government entities we can promote various educational and recreational activities available for
children and their parents.
The week will focus on the many innovative approaches that are offered to children citywide, and
the many contributions children make to our city. The week will highlight that: 1) Chicago is a
great place to raise a family; and 2) Kids should always come first.
There are thousands of educational, social and recreational programs which serve children of all
ages throughout Chicago. Although we cannot highlight all of these programs individually, WC can
package these efforts by emphasizing all the positive things happening in Chicago for children and
their families throughout Chicago everyday. Particularly, programs which promote the
contributions that children themselves are making to their communities.
The kick-off event will bc April 20 at the Chicago Children's Muscum. Then throughout the
week. Mayor Daley will highlight programs based around different policy arcas, such as early
childhood development and child care, health and safety, education and literacy, the arts and
humanities, or youth development. The programs chosen may not be new, however they represent
model programs, such as youth re-building their communities, or child care programs which
encompass early childhood learning and development.
Marketing will occur through a brochure which will be distributed prior to Spring Break.
Distribution will occur through schools, child care centers, and various neighborhood locations.
This brochure will highlight events and activities going on during this week, as well as offer a
listing of relevant information and phone numbers for parents.
Sarah, we know that she is also here to launch the citywide "Reach Out and Read" initiative. of
which the Chicago Librarics and some CDPH health clinics are partners. The Harris Foundation
is the key contact here for the event, and they have asked Mayor Daley to be a participant. We
can help with their efforts on planning this event.
Give either of us a call if you need anymore information.
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To:
Christine N. Macy/WHO/EOP
CC:
Ellen M. Lovell/WHO/EOP
callsyned
Subject: good Chicago Arts Education Information
pass
Rob
Josen
I won't repeat what I sent last night re: Maggie Daley. My source (Kassie Davis, Ex Dir of Illionois
Arts Council) says she is interested and supportive of arts ed activity throughout the school day as
well as after school and summer. The summer job training/youth employement program she
promotes a lot, Gallery 37, is going to expand to be a magnet school for high schoolers who are
interested in making art a career. Mayor Daley enabled the school district (Commissioner Lois
Weisberg0 to buy two buildings across from the Cultural Center/Arts Institute (where event takes
place I believe) for the magnet school.
There's the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) which includes 36 cultural organizations
in partnership with 25 schools to provide arts education experiences. CAPE is housed at Marshall
Field's and funded by 25 private (foundations and corporations) and public funders. CAPE has a
Chicago Schools Millennium Quilt Project with the Arts Institute of Chicago!!!!! Teachers will be
trained in quilting technique and each class will choose a theme and all quilts will be brought
together and displayed at the Board of Education. Some classroom topics are Mexico Past and
Present and My Future- What Do I Want From Life?
The Governor (Jim Edgar-R, soon to be retiring) and the General Assembly (split D and R) could be
complimented for their recent bi-partisan increase of the Illinois Arts Council grants budget by
51%!!! That's a record and will provide more funds for arts education programming among their
other grants programs. That budget is now at an all time high. It was not controversial. Edgar had
cut the budget when he came in in '91 but he inherited a billion dollar deficit and cut state agencies
equally -- not an attack on the arts.
The state (State board of Ed?) could also be complimented for passing new more rigorous arts
standards last year which were implemented this school year. Kids just took their first IGAP tests
that are tests in "core" subjects which now include the arts (IGAP = Illinois Goals Assesment
Program). Results will be out in the fall. This is big in terms of education to include the effort and
expense to test in the arts (I don't know how innovative or not the test was but it's still
noteworthy to consider them testworthy).
The Illinois Alliance for Arts Education (Ex Dir Nadine Saitlin) is training teachers to implement the
new standards and continues to run its annual Art Smart public awareness campaign from mid
March to mid May. It began about 5 years ago just in the Chicago area but a grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts enabled it to expand to five more cities around the state.
Both Nadine and Kassie can be specifically named if you want -- they both do great and ambitious
work. Arnie Aprill is the director of CAPE - also wonderful.
Notes on Schools, Communities, and the Arts: A Research Compendium (Morrison Institute
for Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University)
Summary: This study surveys 49 other studies which focus on the effects that arts education has
on students. This study is broken up into 5 sections, with the first 3 being the most helpful. The
most useful studies provide quantitative statistics that illustrate how arts education leads to
student improvement in several areas including reading comprehension, writing skills,
vocabulary, math skills, creativity, self-esteem, standardized test scores, school attendance, and
school drop-out rates.
See the studies beginning on the following pages (the relevant portions are marked):
13, 16, 21, 24, 35, 38, 46, 48, 52, 54, 55, 59, 61, 63, 69, 77
- If you flip through pages 13-77 you will see the relevant information
- The most helpful studies are marked with a star (those marked with an X are not helpful)
Good anecdotes/examples: 70
Evidence of the improvement in the following areas can be found in the studies beginning on the
noted pages:
- Reading: 13, 21, 48, 52, 59
- Writing: 13, 21, 46, 48, 52
- Vocab: 13, 52
- Communication Skills: 54, 63
- Math: 13
- Creativity: 13, 61
- Self-Esteem: 13, 57
- Abandoning Stereotypes: 44, 70
- Motivation, Attitude, Engagement: 16, 38, 52
- School Attendance and Drop out Rates: 24
- Standardized Test Scores: 2, 65
- Report Cards/Grades: 16
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