T4CW 12.14.09: Linda Nathan and Boston's Art Academy

Nathan has worked on issues of school reform in Puerto Rico, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, and teaches a course called “Building Democratic Schools” at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. But she has some bay area roots, too, having earned her bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley in addition to a master’s in education administration at Antioch University, a master’s of performing arts at Emerson College, and her doctorate in education at Harvard University.

Always interested in alternative models, experiments in education, and a different way of doing things, we talked about the structure of Boston Arts Academy, and the limitations of the "pilot" school including an application process for admission to the school.
http://www.bostonartsacademy.org/
http://www.lindanathan.net/

The A.R.E. audio comes from Luis Antonio Perez, Host/Producer for 89.5 FM in Chicago.
http://www.t4sj.org
http://www.razaeducators.org

The Oakland audio comes from a trailer for the film "A Village United" about the closure of East Oakland Community High School back in 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTEvxph2tno