"To learn and to teach, one must have an awareness of leaving something behind while reaching toward something new, and this kind of awareness must be linked to imagination."   - Maxine Greene

Lab schools

Based on the model of the original lab schools piloted by John Dewey, Habla in Merida, Mexico, is an international, cross-cultural space for students of all ages. 

Teacher institutes

Institutes around the world provide spaces for educators to learn from each other. Wootton works with teams of educators in communities to design unique and powerful experiences.

Workshops and courses

Presentations, workshops, and courses — virtual and in-person — always learner centered, experiential, and vibrant.

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Habla connects people across communities building a world of understanding in which culture is not a barrier, but rather a possibility.

 

Habla is an international language and arts schools as well as a gathering space for educators around the world. Each year Habla hosts an international teacher institute. Students visit throughout the year to learn Spanish and local students of all ages participate in a range of language and arts classes.

Visit Habla's website.

 

transforming classrooms by linking literacy and the arts

 

In 1998 Eileen Landay, Nancy Hoffman, and Kurt Wootton established the ArtsLiteracy Project at Brown University to pioneer innovative solutions for literacy teaching and learning. Working with a team of over thirty-five teaching artists, the ArtsLiteracy Project built programs in numerous school districts across the United States.

Visit the ArtsLiteracy Project website.

 
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A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

 

Lift Every Voice guides schools, businesses, and cultural institutions to achieve deep inclusion at every level. The key tool for institutional transformation are six Cultural Tenets. Learn more at the LEV’s website.

 

Organizations and School Districts

 

High Tech High Graduate School of Education
San Diego, CA

Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA

Boston Public Schools
Boston, MA

Summit School District
Chicago, IL

KID smART
New Orleans, LA

Providence Public Schools
Providence, RI

The Hartford Public Schools
Hartford, CT

Andover Public Schools
Andover, MA

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
Louisville, KY

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
Burlington, VT

SmART Schools
New England

The Learning Alliance
Vero Beach, Florida

The School District of Palm Beach County
West Palm Beach, FL

Senac University
São Paulo, Brazil

Salem Public Schools
Salem, MA

Quaboag Regional School District
Warren, MA

Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)
Chicago, IL

The Cultural Agents Initiative
Harvard University

ArtsPowered Schools
Boise, ID

The Community Engagement Lab
Vermont

Trinity Repertory Company
Providence, RI

Think 360 Arts
Denver, CO

The University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME

The Boston Shakespeare Project
Boston MA

Selected Keynotes and Talks

Arts Education Partnership Forums (AEP)
New York City, NY and Cleveland, OH

American Alliance for Theater Education National Conference
Denver, CO

Center for Integrated Arts Education Summer Institute
University of Northern Colorado

ArtsPowered Schools Summer Institute
Boise, ID

Cultural Agents and Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA

Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
West Palm Beach, FL

Department of Education Arts Integration Conference
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

The Springfield Museums
Springfield, MA

Casa Daros International Conference on Arts and Functional Illiteracy
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil