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Arts and Schools: Reconciling Opposites
April 21, 2005
Dick Deasy executive director, Arts Education Partnership

Dick Deasy, director of the Arts Education Partnership in Washington, DC, and editor of Critical Links, speaks about schools and the arts.

Sponsored by the John Landrum Bryant Lecture/Performance Series, which is part of the Arts in Education Program.

Art & Architecture | Education
Arts in Education | Classroom & Community | Education Reform
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