1.2: Education
[Foster] systemic change in education Other Information:
The Dodge Foundation is interested in systemic change in education. Our focus is on arts education and on school and classroom
leadership, primarily in high poverty communities. We believe in the transformative power of arts education to substantially
improve children's lives and academic outcomes, and prepare them for 21st century careers. We invest in Pre-K through 12th
grade sequential arts education and arts-integration efforts that ensure children have the opportunity to receive comprehensive
arts training and to experience the benefits of a more dynamic, arts-infused curriculum. Implemented with fidelity over time,
the arts can improve the culture of a struggling school, ignite principal and teacher creativity, and foster more joyful and
learning-friendly classrooms. Through arts education students develop the creative, collaborative and problem solving skills,
as well as the discipline, necessary to thrive in today's demanding and rapidly evolving workforce. It is equally important
to the long-term cultural and economic vitality of our state that all students are exposed to the arts, as they will become
our future artists, creative sector employees, audience members and arts advocates. We also believe that schools need skilled
and passionate adults to make them work well, and that school leaders are the key to a successful public education system.
Our grants in this area prepare new teachers, principals and superintendents for their careers, as well as provide access
to steady and quality professional training.
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