Accountable music ed pitched to members of Congress
Education leaders from NAfME and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, gave representatives in Congress a look at true music advocacy.
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1st Grammy Music Educator Award: Kent Knappenberger
The winner of the first-ever Music Educator Award from the GRAMMY Foundation has been announced: a music teacher and choir director from a rural school in upstate New York.
Dunlap CUSD 323 cuts would be unpopular
A proposed cut of $2.1 million would have disastrous effects in Dunlap, Ill., say hundreds of community members. We would tend to agree.
What US schoolkids want for Christmas
A professor of theology in Chicago wonders if schools and kids can get what they need this Christmas. Or, will they just get more expired toys?
New study: No intelligence gains from music lessons
Another nail has been driven into the coffin on those studies that appeared to link music study in children with enhanced intelligence or cognitive ability in non-music areas.
At least 1 Md. county needs better arts education
When regular classroom teachers integrate the visual arts into their lessons, it's not really about the visual arts, but rather about the secondary subjects. Here's our plea, again, for art for art's sake.
Arts programs for disadvantaged kids win national award
The 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards were announced Friday. Among the winners are OrchKids from Baltimore and Storycatchers Theater from Chicago.
School accountability, meet the new music advocacy
The National Association for Music Education announced a new campaign to improve the effectiveness of educators' drives to keep music education alive in K-12 schools.
Grant SD 110 may dissolve if tax increase doesn't pass
A 720-student school district just to the east of St Louis will dissolve if a tax referendum doesn't pass on the March primary ballot.
ISU marching band festival coverage in the news
We were not able to cover the marching band invitational at Illinois State University this year, but other groups and organizations were there.