{"id":88,"date":"2013-02-19T14:45:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T14:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/lancaster\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:25:07","slug":"programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/lancaster\/programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-597\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/lancaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/01\/TAILogo1-1024x227.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/lancaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/01\/TAILogo1-1024x227.png 1024w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/lancaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/01\/TAILogo1-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/lancaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/01\/TAILogo1-768x170.png 768w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/lancaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/01\/TAILogo1-1536x340.png 1536w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/lancaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2015\/01\/TAILogo1-2048x453.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>Lancaster\u00a0<\/strong>will kick off the 2016 -17 school year as one\u00a0of only 68 schools selected as Turnaround Arts schools in the nation. Lancaster along with three other\u00a0MPS schools are the only schools in the state of Wisconsin receiving Turnaround Arts intensive arts education resources and integration as a strategy to close the achievement gap through a highly-competitive application process.<\/p>\n<p>Turnaround Arts is the signature program of the President\u2019s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. It empowers schools with innovative arts, dance, theater and music programs,\u00a0arts integration across subject areas,\u00a0arts resources, musical instruments, and high-profile artist mentors, as a proven strategy to help address broader school challenges and close the achievement gap.<\/p>\n<p>At Lancaster, the Turnaround Arts effort will focus on three key areas: additional professional development for arts educators and arts integration education; integration of the five arts disciplines \u2013 visual arts, music, dance, theater and media arts \u2013 within all content area classrooms; and working with the district\u2019s arts partners to provide both in-school and after-school enrichment programs to foster student engagement in learning and incorporating the arts into academic supports.<\/p>\n<h2>Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) Program<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dpi.wi.gov\/sage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AGR Program<\/a> requires a participating school to create performance objectives, including reducing the achievement gap between low\u2212income students in that school and students in the same grade and subject statewide.<\/p>\n<h2>Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)<\/h2>\n<p>PBIS\u00a0is a joint effort between Milwaukee Public Schools\u00a0Office of Family Services and the Milwaukee Teachers\u2019 Education Association to effectively reduce classroom disruptions and student suspensions through a school-wide systematic tiered-intervention approach. Data shows that schools that implement PBIS with fidelity see decreases in disruptions and suspensions and increases in student achievement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lancaster\u00a0will kick off the 2016 -17 school year as one\u00a0of only 68 schools selected as Turnaround Arts schools in the nation. 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