Instrumental Music Education and the Power of Play in Our Schools
I have spent many years visiting public schools throughout our nation, and most times I see the same thing: students hard at work. There is always lots of work going on in our schools, and with the increased emphasis on meeting national and state standards...
4 Ways Parents Can Ensure Their Child Sticks with Instrumental Music When They Graduate to Middle School
Graduating from one to school to the next is both an exciting and crazy time, to say the least. The changes that are occurring biologically, socially, and academically in children are enough to make parents’ heads spin. With a change in school comes a...
The Music Education (or Creativity) Achievement Gap in America, and How We Can Begin to Fix It
Our nation has been deeply committed to closing the achievement gap that exists in our education system for almost 15 years. Achievement gaps occur when one group of students outperforms another group and the difference in average scores for the two groups is...
How Parents can Change Their Family Tree Through Their Child’s Music Education
What if everyone believed that there was no such thing as natural talent and inborn gifts?Our world is obsessed with discovering innate abilities. Our media — and subsequently our schools — have created a culture where most people believe that we all...
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