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About Arnold Aprill    

CitizenPowered.org member since Thu 12-27-2007

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Arnold Aprill is Founding and Creative Director of Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education, a network of artists and arts organizations, educators and schools, that are dedicated to school improvement through arts education partnerships. He comes from a background in professional theater as an award-winning director, producer and playwright. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is one of the co-authors of Learning Partnerships: Improving Learning in Schools with Arts Partners in the Community, published by the Arts Education Partnership, and is one of the co-editors of Renaissance in the Classroom: Arts Integration and Meaningful Learning. He consults nationally and internationally on the role of the arts in effective school improvement. He has been recognized for exceptional leadership by the Chicago Community Trust and by the Leadership for a Changing World initiative supported by the Ford Foundation.

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Postings (Latest 25 entries)

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Blog entryGrowth Industry Arnold Aprill06 days 3 hours ago
Blog entrySay WHAT with Music? Arnold Aprill21 week 2 days ago
Blog entryLiberia Arnold Aprill01 week 2 days ago
Blog entryDesertification Arnold Aprill01 week 2 days ago
Blog entryUnseen Entertainment Arnold Aprill21 week 2 days ago
Blog entryFlax Arnold Aprill21 week 2 days ago
Blog entryLet Us Now Praise Outdated Technologies Arnold Aprill01 week 2 days ago
Blog entryWhat's the Big Idea? Arnold Aprill02 weeks 1 day ago
Blog entry"Stolen Cars Crashed into School, Bell" Arnold Aprill12 weeks 3 days ago
Blog entryThe Color of Bunnies Arnold Aprill12 weeks 3 days ago
Blog entryPut a Ghost on It Arnold Aprill18 weeks 2 days ago
Blog entry Arts Education as Tacky Craft Activities Arnold Aprill310 weeks 5 days ago
Blog entryThe Enduring Power of Glitter and Macaroni Arnold Aprill121 weeks 3 days ago
Blog entryExemplars Arnold Aprill121 weeks 3 days ago
Blog entryInventing Boredom Arnold Aprill221 weeks 3 days ago
Blog entryNot on the Test Arnold Aprill321 weeks 3 days ago
Blog entryDisambiguation Arnold Aprill021 weeks 3 days ago
Blog entryWhere Are the Little Red Schoolhouses of Yesteryear? Arnold Aprill134 weeks 2 days ago
Blog entryChestnuts Smoking in a Microwave Arnold Aprill341 weeks 4 days ago
Blog entryPlumbago Arnold Aprill041 weeks 5 days ago
Blog entryBluing Arnold Aprill042 weeks 5 days ago
Blog entryWrit Large Arnold Aprill143 weeks 3 days ago
Blog entryEating Locally in Winter, in Chicago?! Lynn Peemoeller143 weeks 6 days ago
Blog entryBehind the News Jeff Pinzino243 weeks 6 days ago
Blog entryThe New Powerbrokers Jeff Pinzino143 weeks 6 days ago

Guest Book Comments

Hello, Arnie. Thanks for letting the CAN website community know about your blog and this virtual community. Hope we meet in person some time. Judith Tannenbaum
Arn, just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate all your insights and your genuine concern in encouraging us as teachers and the teaching-artists that we collaborate with, to share and celebrate our love for the arts, our students and our writing!Thank you for sharing your time, talent and tips with me and Robert! YOU ARE THE BEST!Love you!