FACTS of INTEREST

• LEAP has developed a CD-ROM highlighting the work of the partnership. For more information, e-mail D-Flatley@neiu.edu.

• LEAP was chosen by Harvard's Project Zero /ARTS SURVIVE! as one of eight "Promising Partnerships" in a research study which includes 21 networks (out of 98 nominated for consideration nationwide). Participating initiatives were chosen for both their programmatic diversity and their ability to exemplify how networks can approach common issues faced by arts education partnerships.

• LEAP artists and staff members have led Chicago Board of Education workshops on developing arts integrated curriculum. LEAP led one of these workshops using distance learning facilities through the Chicago Public Schools/Office of School and Regions Bureau of Cultural Arts in collaboration with the Chicago Consortium for Higher Education (and with development assistance from Americorp NCCC). The Chicago Teachers' Center, LEAP's anchor organization, now has its own distance learning education facility with the North Suburban Network.

LEAP and its partners have begun to receive national and international recognition for the work of the initiative. Visit this site again soon for further developments in this unique and successful program.