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Ideas for success in arts-centered schools.

Gratto, Sharon Davis

Planning an Arts-Centered School, A Handbook

Carol Fineberg, Editor New York: The Dana Foundation, 2002

The Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic organization with principal interests in science, health, and education, has published a handbook that is as the title describes, a "how-to" book for designing arts-centered schools. The 2001 symposium that inspired this guide included educators, administrators, arts council members, museum directors, artists, and parents. The diversity of attendees and their varied views on schools for the performing arts are ...