We went last night to a special showing of the new documentary Waiting For Superman as a staff after our staff meeting . It was interesting and, I have to admit, a little exciting to be out with my co-workers in the theater, all of us there thinking that we are “great teachers” and yet [...]
Ok, here’s my $.02 on this video: Sure, music helps math and science scores go up, so the studies show. But, where are the studies that say taking math and science will help with one’s musicianship? Why can’t we be the nation that competes with other nations to have the best, highly regarded ARTISTS AND [...]
Check out this fantastic video about the OMA program in Arizona. (Sorry for the scroll down…!)
An NPR Radio Broadcast Series By Korva Coleman Hear Segment 3 in the Series Real Media | Windows Media Performance Today, November 17, 2004 – In the third installment of our music education series, NPR’s Korva Coleman visits an urban at-risk school that was in danger of failing. Baltimore’s Roland Park Elementary is an older [...]
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210110043.htm# ScienceDaily (2009-02-11) — Music participation, defined as music lessons taken in or out of school and parents attending concerts with their children, has a positive effect on reading and mathematics achievement in early childhood and adolescence. But, then again, we all know this already ~S
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