Table of Contents
Preface: The Necessity of Art in Public Education Herbert Kohl xi
Introduction: The Arts and Social Justice Tom Oppenheim xxi
1 "Tears in the Dark": The Arts as a Vehicle for the Discovery of the Self 1
Rosie Perez 3
Michelle Fine 16
2 "Communication from One's Heart": The Arts and the Development of Self-Discipline 23
Phylicia Rashad 25
Lisa Delpit 37
3 "An Affair with One's Soul": The Arts and the Development of Cultural Identity 43
Frances Lucerna 45
Bill Ayers 61
4 "Good, Hard Work": The Arts, Lifelong Commitments, Pleasures, and Pains 69
Bill T. Jones 71
Kevin Truitt 79
5 "Teaching on the Bandstand": The Intergenerational Legacy of the Arts 87
David Amram 89
Gary Stager 97
6 "Walking into the Fire": The Arts as an Integrative Force in Learning 101
Philip Seymour Hoffman 103
Deborah Meier 112
7 "I Taste It When I Look at It": The Importance of Arts for Those Who Learn Differently 119
Whoopi Goldberg 121
Diane Ravitch 128
8 "The Only Thing That Will Save Us from Ourselves": The Arts, Social Engagement, and Social Transformation 135
Moisés Kaufman 137
Steve Seidel 147
9 "Enriching Society": The Communal Power of the Arts 165
Mike Medavoy 167
Colin Greer 171
10 "Rebellions, Breakthroughs, and Secret Gardens": The Arts and Imagination 175
Maxine Greene 177
Shirley Brice Heath 186
Afterword Robert Jackson 193
A Note to the Reader 199