Working Classroom operates on the following
core values:

We believe the arts both mirror who we are as a nation and help us interpret where we are headed and what we want to become. As long as some communities are invisible or underrepresented, the reflection is distorted and the conversation incomplete.

Working Classroom prepares students to contribute to a more nuanced definition of our collective identity.

To this end . . .

• We recruit the majority of our students, board, staff and instuctors from historically ignored communities;

• We nurture students' ability to work in their native languages;

• We utilize formal and informal education to prepare students for professional success;

• We promote human rights and peace through the arts, seek and nurture international artistic collaboration and do not accept contributions from weapons manufacturers.