Annenberg Grants Seek To Mix Arts Into Curriculum

By Karen Diegmueller

Schools in Kentucky, Michigan, and San Francisco were tapped last week as the first recipients of Annenberg Foundation grants aimed at improving education by integrating arts into the curriculum.

The $10 million initiative is one of numerous education enterprises that former editor, publisher, and U.S. Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg has under-written since 1993. The five-year Arts, Culture, and Technology Initiative is intended to raise student achievement by coupling the arts with other classroom subjects.

Kentucky will receive $1.1 million; Michigan, $100,000;...