Publications:
Below is a comprehensive list of Linda Nathan’s print publications. Some have active links to the articles.
Nathan, L.F.; Fuller, D.; Meyers, N., Taking Homies from the Classroom to the Whole School, Phi Delta Kappan, September 2024
Nathan, L.F., Mendoza, J. Rojas, G. (Eds), Designing Schools and Democratic Learning Environments: A Global Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. March, 2024.
“Big problems require big solutions,” , Phi Delta Kappan, February 2024
Rojas Ayala, G., Nathan, L., & Mendonca, J. (2024). El estudio de las escuelas democráticas y su contribución a la revitalización de la democracia. Revista Latinoamericana De Estudios Educativos, 54(1), 93–112.
“Carmen: Friend, colleague, creative disruptor,” Phi Delta Kappan, August 2022
“When school goes home: Reimagining the educator’s role,” Phi Delta Kappan, 103(3), 39–42. November 2021
“Joyful Learning at Scale,” Phi Delta Kappan, 8-14, May 2020
“Creativity, Innovation and the Power of Arts in Education: One Path Forward,” Inovação: Na Escola e Pela Escola. (pp. 21-39). Lisbon, Portugal. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, June 2019
Hitting the Right Note, Educational Leadership, December 2018
Systemic Inequality. The New England Journal of Higher Education, December 2017.
When Grit Isn’t Enough: A High School Principal Examines How Poverty and Inequality Thwart the College-for-All Promise. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, October 2017.
“The Art of the School-Community Partnership.” Phi Delta Kappan, May 2015
“Why Arts?” in The Educational Forum, 78:4, 351-354, October 2014
“Expanding the Vision of Self: Why the Arts Matter” in Harvard Education Review, Spring 2013
“All Students are Artists” Educational Leadership, February 2012 Vol. 69 No. 5, “For Each to Excel” pp. 48-51
“The Art of Leadership,” American School Board Journal, June 2011
“Open Doors” in Burned In: Fueling the Fire to Teach, eds. Friedman and Reynolds (May 2011) New York, NY: Teachers College Press
“What Makes a Great Teacher?”, Educational Leadership, December 2010/January 2011
“Professional Learning Communities: Teachers Talking Together and the Power of Professional Community” in The Personalized High School: Making Learning Count for Adolescents, eds. DiMartino and Wolk (June 2010). San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Las Preguntas Fundamentales No Están en el Examen: Lecciones de una Escuela Innovadora. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Papers Editores, July, 2010
The Hardest Questions Aren’t on the Test: Lessons from an Innovative Urban School. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, October, 2009
“Why the Arts Make Sense in Education,” Phi Delta Kappan, November 2008
“What’s Been Lost in the Bubbles”, Educational Leadership, October 2008
“Teachers Talking Together: The Power of Professional Community,” Horace, April 2008
“The Art of Evaluation and Professional Development,” Principal Leadership, Sept. 2005
Co-Author with Sloan, Katherine, “Art Transforms Education: A Boston Pilot School Puts Student Learning Center Stage,” The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, Summer 2005
“The Development of Critical Minds: Reclaiming the Vision for Urban Schools,” Perspectives: Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Sept./Oct. 2004
“A Day in the Life of a School Leader,” Educational Leadership, ASCD, February, 2004
“The Larger Purpose of Public Schools,” Phi Delta Kappan, February, 2004
“Academia Boston de las Artes: Transforming Education in Argentina,” ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America, Winter, 2004
“Creating Equity from the Ground up,” Horace, Feb/March, 2003
“Are Standards the Answer?” Best Practices, Best Thinking, and Emerging Issues in School Leadership, eds. Owings and Kaplan (2003). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press
“Through the Lens of Art” Educational Leadership, ASCD, October, 2002
“The Human Face of the High-Stakes Testing Story,” Phi Delta Kappan, April 2002
“A Reason to be in the World: How Arts Education Can Transform Students’ Lives,” Perspectives, Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, March, 2002
“Transforming Schools Through Art: From Boston to Argentina,” ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America, Winter, 2001
“Habits of Mind.” Boston Review. Winter, 2000
Contributor with Bransford, Brown, Cocking, editors How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School. (1999) Washington, DC: National Academies Press
Co-author with Myatt, Lawrence. “A Journey toward Autonomy,” Phi Delta Kappan, December, 1998
Co-author with Myatt, Lawrence. “One School’s Journey in the Age of Reform,” Phi Delta Kappan, September 1996
Co-author with Myatt, Lawrence. The Travails and Triumphs of Charters and Pilots in Transforming Public Education: A New Course for America’s Future, ed. Clinchy. (1996) New York, NY: Teachers College Press
“Assessing Assessment: Lessons of Innovative Practice in Urban Schools.” Daedalus, Fall 1995