This essay addresses theories, research, and practices of promoting arts and social justice across the curriculum toward collaboration between schools and their surrounding communities. As secondary students grapple with challenging issues, they can extend their learning experience in meaningful ways with creative expressions in the visual,…

The New York City Labor Chorus completed its 25th year in June of 2017. This paper comes after gathering of data for an ethnographic study of the chorus during the entire year, beginning September of 2016. The researcher had been a chorus member for five years and continued to be a participant while collecting data. This paper focuses on…

This article explores whether and how activists who identify with the Occupy movement think of their secondary schooling as influential upon their activism. Testimonies of six activists from two small focus groups reveal a range from those who claimed no such influence to those who saw a significant connection. The diversity among the six was…