Spark! Inspiring Tomorrow's Readers Through Drama was piloted in 2016 as a partnership between the Governor's School and the South Carolina Arts Commission.
Spark was significantly scaled up in 2021 thanks to an infusion of $2.3 million in federal pandemic aid doled out over three years into the Arts Commission's Arts Grow SC partner network.
75% of partner teachers reported that students were more engaged in reading, and 50% saw more student engagement with writing.
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A Toronto-based organization, Youth Social Innovation (YSI), has recently announced two investments that involve Growth Mosaic and MENTORnetwork. The two companies will each receive a $10,000 loan.