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| U.S. SENATORS’ CALL FOR STUDY OF ACCESS TO MUSIC AND ARTS EDUCATION
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NAMM announced that Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Senator
Lamar Alexander (R-TN) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), requesting that
the GAO conduct a study on access to music and arts education in the
American public school system since passage of the No Child Left Behind
Act.
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| VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS (VAPA)$105 MILLION AND VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS (VAPA) AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION $500 MILLION
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The following documents specific instructions regarding the new California Funding
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| “THE MUSIC IN ME”, WINS 66th ANNUAL PEABODY AWARD.
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Music for All Board Member Leslie Stifelman to receive the Award
HBO’s documentary, “The Music in Me” which aired for the first time on
October 7, 2006 has just been named one of the 35 recipients of the
prestigious Peabody Awards for 2007. The Award will be accepted by
Music for All Board member Leslie Stifelman and her production partner
Diane Kolyer. (Full Story)
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| Support Your Programs with Music for All Awareness Products!
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Celebrate the new Music for All and support your own programs with our Support School Music Ribbon Magnets, Car
Clings, Lapel Pins and the our popular Music for All Awareness Bracelets! These are a few of the products that are part
of our Music for All awareness campaign. Get your's now!
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| Music for All Foundation Launches From the Trenches Podcast
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The Music for All Foundation has just
debuted “From the Trenches,” a bi-weekly podcast exploring the news
headlines, news events and news makers that impact music and arts
education across the country. (Full Story).
To have the the most up-to-date
news, information and advocacy tools for music and arts education
available on your own desktop or on your organization's web site sign up for our syndicated news services. (Learn More)
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| From the Capital to the Classroom: Year 4 of the No Child Left Behind Act |
New Report from Center on Education Policy found that a majority of
districts surveyed – 71 percent – reported having reduced instructional
time in at least one other subject to make more time for reading and
mathematics, the topics tested for NCLB purposes. (Link to Report). A New York Times article announced the release of the new report documenting the fact that school districts have narrowed the
curriculum in subjects including music and arts education as a result
of NCLB. Read the article and learn what you can do to fight back!
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| Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement |
This new report features studies and essays pointing to strong
relationships between learning in the arts and fundamental cognitive
skills that are used to master other
subjects. From the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and the Arts Education Partnership. (Download PDF)
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| Arts Education Partnership Releases New Study Of How The Arts Transform Schools |
| Schools with large populations of students in economic poverty – often places of frustration and failure for students and teachers alike – can be transformed into vibrant and successful centers of learning and community life when the arts are infused into their culture and curriculum, a new Third Space: When Learning Matters. |
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| How Creativity, Education, & the Arts Shape the Modern Economy |
| The Education Commission of the States has just released the latest edition of their “Arts and Minds” series. Music for All Foundation CEO Bob Morrison sat down with Sir Ken Robinson, Senior Advisor to the J. Paul Getty Trust and author of the widely acclaimed book Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, to discuss Sir Ken’s thinking about the role of arts education in light of the changes taking place in the 21st century economy. A great advocacy resource! (Download PDF) |
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