CommonGround 2009

March 25 - 27, 2009
Crowne Plaza, Albany

Our grateful thanks to everyone who made CommonGround so exciting, productive and successful once again.

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CommonGround is the annual New York State arts-in-education conference that brings over 250 administrators, teachers, teaching artists, and community members together for three days of policy setting, planning, exchange of skills and inspirational speakers. This gathering contributes to fresh curriculum design, school reform and new models for classroom learning.