At the start of 2015, singer-songwriter Jason Mraz became part of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities’ signature Turnaround Arts program as an ambassador.  He recently spoke on The Today Show about the experience.

In other Turnaround Arts news, the final evaluation report from the first cohort of Turnaround Arts schools was released.

This final evaluation report provides a description and analysis of program impacts in the pilot cohort of Turnaround Arts schools at the end of their second year, including summaries of:

1) the theory of action and program pillars,

2) the evaluation design and research questions,

3) program operation and implementation in the arts, and

4) outcomes and trends in school reform indicators and student achievement data.