In the second episode of Why Arts?, I’m joined by Linda Nathan—educator, author, artist, and Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Linda’s work centers on designing democratic schools, organizational change, and learning environments that place equity, creativity, and relationships at the core. She brings decades of experience founding and leading schools within the Boston Public Schools, including the Tobin Bilingual Middle School for the Arts, Fenway High School, and Boston Arts Academy.

In this conversation, we talk about what it really means to build arts-centered and democratic learning spaces, how leadership and school design shape culture, and why creativity and the arts are essential to meaningful, just education.

Why Arts? is a podcast that explores why the arts matter—not just as products, but as processes that shape learning, community, and imagination.

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