WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 24: Actress Kerry Washington sits with students during an event while visiting the Savoy School with U.S. first lady Michelle Obama May 24, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Savoy School, once one of the lowest performing schools in the District of Columbia, has shown significant signs of improvement since being designated as one of eight schools selected last year for the Turnaround Arts Initiative by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 24: Actress Kerry Washington sits with students during an event while visiting the Savoy School with U.S. first lady Michelle Obama May 24, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Savoy School, once one of the lowest performing schools in the District of Columbia, has shown significant signs of improvement since being designated as one of eight schools selected last year for the Turnaround Arts Initiative by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

May 20, 2014

Variety – The expanded program will extend Turnaround Arts funding to 35 schools in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon and Washington D.C. To promote awareness of the effort, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities has enlisted a number of showbiz notables to serve as “Turnaround Artist” reps, including Kerry Washington.

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