UNIVERSO Offers More than Just Art
UNIVERSO is an afterschool program at the elementary schools in East Chicago that gives students the opportunity to learn about art and music in a safe, supervised [...]
The Arts are Alive in Northwest Indiana
While across the country, arts and music seem to be disappearing from school curriculum, UNIVERSO Program has been getting more and more East Chicago students in touch [...]
UNIVERSO Program Collaborators
As music has become less important in school curriculum, parents have had to pay for outside music programs for their kids. However, not everyone can afford these [...]
Teach for America’s Impact on East Chicago
www.teachforamerica.org Across the country, the education gap is directly correlated to differences in socio-economic class. This is why schools in poor areas don’t tend to perform [...]
Art and Music in the Region
The region is filled with organizations that offer art, music and performance education and practice to local kids. Many of these organizations require that parents pay for [...]
A Teacher’s Perspective
(Tony V. Martin www.nwitimes.com) Teach for America is an organization that places specially trained teachers in low-income schools in an effort to reduce the education gap [...]