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NAfME Applauds Association Leaders Who Voiced Opposition to Lansing, Michigan Music Teacher Cuts

Posted by William Hall on Friday, May 3, 2013

The NAfME advocacy team would like to extend its sincerest thanks to the NAfME leaders from across the United States who wrote to the superintendent of Lansing’s public schools regarding the elimination music teacher positions. The success of this response depended … Read More »

Principal fires security guards to hire art teachers — and transforms elementary school

Posted by shannonk on Thursday, May 2, 2013

On May 1st, NBC Nightly News featured a story about Orchard Gardens middle school in Roxbury, MA, where principal Andrew Bott reinvested funds for school security into arts programming. So far the school has seen remarkable returns in improved academics. … Read More »

“Incentivizing” Students for Standardized Testing?

Posted by shannonk on Monday, April 29, 2013

Today’s Washington Post included a story about standardized testing and some arguably extreme measures taken by administrators to ensure the participation rates required by No Child Left Behind.  Wilson High School, located in the district, announced recently that any student … Read More »

Letter from Sonia Tower: National Coalition to Protect Access to the Arts on TV

Posted by William Hall on Monday, April 29, 2013

Dear National Arts Service Organization Leader, Ovation is the only cable network exclusively devoted to the arts and artistic expression in America and a vital element in the national arts delivery system.  On January 1, 2013 Time Warner Cable and … Read More »

STEM, STEAM, and Music Education

Posted by Lauren Richerme on Friday, April 26, 2013

A student at Iowa State at Iowa State University writes about policy, research, and music education advocacy.  You can read Hunter’s blog to find out more.  Hunter is part of a group of Iowa State University students dedicated to sharing … Read More »