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The Importance of Music Education
from:Music education is very important in our society and to our children and families today. There are so many different ways in which music affects our lives and our society. Do you really understand the importance of music education? Do you know why your children should be studying and learning about music? Do you understand how it can help their future?
Companies like the National Association for Music Education work hard to keep programs in public schools and other ways of teaching young people more about music. There are many different ways to motivate and enhance music education. For example, there are books that teach children how to read music and write musical notes and songs. You can also get videos, DVDs, tapes and more to help teach yourself or your child music.
The opening statement of “The Value and Quality of Arts Education: A Statement of Principles,” a document from the nation’s ten most important educational organizations, including the American Association of School Administrators, the National Education Association, the National Parent Teacher Association, and the National School Boards Association states “Every student in the nation should have an education in the arts.” This could not be truer. It’s not likely that anyone will argue the importance of this but the problem is finding the time and the funding to get music education taught properly in schools.
People need to understand just how music education helps kids in schools and how it helps them prepare for the future. There are many ways that a music education can help your child succeed. It will help them with:
* School
* Society
* Life
* Relationships
* Developing intelligence
* And more
Music is a basic part of the fabric of our society. We face it many times every day in many different ways. Children that learn to understand music and grow up with an appreciation for it will fit in well and succeed in society that is based on music. Music can also help children succeed in school. They can do well in music related classes which helps them succeed in other classes as well. Music can also be a great tutoring school. An appreciation and knowledge of music can help them boost their confidence to do well on other things.
The better people understand the benefits of a music education, the better we can strive through getting it to all school-aged children. Music can help shape the type of person your child will be, how they respond and interact with other people and things around them and shape their personalities.
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Lynn schools’ Fine Arts Dept. helps poor kids make music - The Daily Item of Lynn
Lynn schools’ Fine Arts Dept. helps poor kids make music The Daily Item of Lynn, MA - The Fine Arts Department welcomes the donation of used band and string instruments from anyone who has such resources in their household that they are no ... |
Making ends meet: City schools adapt to low-income needs - Charlottesville Daily Progress
Making ends meet: City schools adapt to low-income needs Charlottesville Daily Progress, VA - Poor children benefit most from classroom resources such as music and art, he said, because school may be the only place where they are exposed to them. ... |
Cash-strapped schools turn to foundations - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
 Columbus Dispatch | Cash-strapped schools turn to foundations Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Mt. Lebanon's education foundation raised $40000 last year. It focuses on mini-grants for teachers, and it has funded projects ranging from chamber music ... Payson Kids Count Six compete for three seats on school board |
Some already discussing charter schools - Shreveport Times
Some already discussing charter schools Shreveport Times, LA - If takeover is recommended by the state education department, the school — which has 517 students — could enter the state's Recovery School District or be ... |
Georgia’s ‘pork’ projects put on notice - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Georgia’s ‘pork’ projects put on notice Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - During a recent budget hearing, Department of Natural Resources officials raised the prospect of closing a South Georgia golf course in Fargo that costs ... |