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I was drawn to WEDJ right from the beginning because of the school’s commitment to the performing arts. We used the phrase ‘Arts to the Core’ to celebrate how our curriculum linked to the Common Core and the Arts. We did not want a separation between arts and academics. I considered arts education at WEDJ a serious academic subject.
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Smith, B. (2017). Arts to the Core. In: A Charter School Principal’s Story. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-218-3_10
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