Preface : the necessity of art in public education / Herbert Kohl
Introduction : the arts and social justice / Tom Oppenhiem
"Tears in the dark" : the arts as a vehicle for the discovery of the self : Rosie Perez ; Michelle Fine
"Communication from one's heart" : the arts and the development of self-discipline : Phylicia Rashad ; Lisa Delpit
"An affair with one's soul" : the arts and the development of cultural identity : Frances Lucerna ; Bill Ayers
"Good, hard work" : the arts, lifelong commitments, pleasures, and pains : Bill T. Jones ; Kevin Truitt
"Teaching on the bandstand" : the intergenerational legacy of the arts : David Amram ; Gary Stager
"Walking into the fire" : the arts as an integrative force in learning : Philip Seymour Hoffman ; Deborah Meier
"I taste it when I look at it" : the importance of arts for those who learn differently : Whoopi Goldberg ; Diane Ravitch
"The only thing that will save us from ourselves" : the arts, social engagement, and social transformation / Moisés Kaufman ; Steve Seidel
"Enriching society" : the communal power of the arts : Mike Medavoy ; Colin Greer
"Rebellions, breakthroughs, and secret gardens" : the arts and imagination : Maxine Greene ; Shirley Brice Heath
Afterword / Robert Jackson
