A recent editorial in the Washington Post says it is not an accident that student test scores at D.C. Public Schools  are getting better. We at Imagination Stage agree, and congratulate Michelle A. Rhee and the dedicated administrators and teachers in the D.C. Public Schools on the significant gains on the 2009 National Assessment of Education Progress in student reading skills. Imagination Stage is privileged to have worked for several years with DCPS elementary and middle schools (Ludlow-Taylor, Takoma Education Campus, Tyler, JC Nalle, Ferebee Hope, Mildred Green and Abram Simon) providing professional development workshops to teachers and arts-based residencies to students through our Imagination Quest (IQ) program.

IQ helps teachers develop skill sets that place the arts and experiential learning at the center of English Language Arts and other content areas. It is documented that children with diverse learning styles thrive in school when they engage in the arts as an entry point to learning. IQ helps teachers and students find the pathways that allow each student to achieve her full potential, and we are committed to the value and importance of the arts and imagination as catalysts in the process of education. We see positive results on a daily basis, and DCPS teachers we work with are enthusiastic about the skills they gain. We are cheered by the measurable success of DCPS students and say, “go team!”

–David Markey,  Director of Education

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