by lindanathan | Jun 19, 2021 | Boston Arts Academy, Center for Artistry and Scholarship, Creativity, Equity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and...
by lindanathan | Aug 14, 2018 | Arts Education, Boston Arts Academy, Teaching and Learning
When I was headmaster of Boston Arts Academy (BAA) I used to say to my graduating seniors that the success of our school would be measured by the number of BAA alumni that took their place in positions of influence in our community. That has come true. BAA alumni...
by lindanathan | Sep 26, 2016 | Arts Education, Boston Arts Academy, Center for Artistry and Scholarship
Lang Lang walked into the room, dressed in a snappy red t-shirt with a black front pocket and black border trim, and a black jacket, high-fiving the wide-eyed students who had been waiting for him. His entrance was rock star-like—not the way I think of a classical...
by admin | Sep 22, 2011 | Arts Education, Boston Arts Academy
Last Friday, I traveled to Connecticut with BAA theatre teacher Juanita Rodrigues and five of our theatre students for the Educational Disparity and Minority Youth symposium, presented by Quinnipiac University School of Law and Yale Law School. I was invited to speak...
by admin | Mar 16, 2011 | Arts Education, Boston Arts Academy, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
“What are you doing in that robe?” Riana, a 10th grader, asks me as I come barreling down the stairs. “I’m going to Abraham’s graduation,” I reply grinning, “And I can’t be late.” It’s mid-day in March, graduation day at Boston Arts Academy. Faculty line the assembly...
by admin | Feb 4, 2011 | Arts Education, Boston Arts Academy, Teaching and Learning
An important milestone in the life of a Boston Arts Academy dancer unfolded last week as 17 seniors presented their 2011 Senior Dance Concert (SDC). How significantly this embodies RICO, our habits of the graduate. Students work for months on invention and revision....
