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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.
Physical Education Music News
High school district music changes strike a sour note - Del Mar Times
High school district music changes strike a sour note Del Mar Times To meet the district's requirement for two years of physical education in both middle school and high school, many music students opted to take Independent Study Physical Education after school, which allowed them to take foreign language and music as ... |
State education chief gets an earful about FCAT and testing scores - Tampabay.com
 ABC Action News | State education chief gets an earful about FCAT and testing scores Tampabay.com She said art, music, physical education and field trips had all been "sacrificed on the altar of the FCAT." Cynthia Shellabarger, mother of a fourth-grader in Hillsborough County, said teachers weren't given enough information about changes to the ... As FCAT's importance grows, the test changes |
PR School Board Votes 5-4 to Restore Music and Other Programs to Proposed Budget - Patch.com
PR School Board Votes 5-4 to Restore Music and Other Programs to Proposed Budget Patch.com About 200-plus people filled Pine-Richland High School's auditorium Monday night to urge the board not to cut programs in music, art, family consumer science, elementary/advanced language arts, and physical education. Speakers included 12-year-old ... Jackie Evancho fights proposed music department cuts at Pine Richland Pine-Richland residents looking at 4.3 percent tax increase |
Cuts, tax increase possible for Pine-Richland - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Cuts, tax increase possible for Pine-Richland Pittsburgh Post Gazette The board contemplated several ways of closing a gap between revenue and expenditure for the fiscal year beginning July 1, including cuts in physical education, music, art, languages and child development. Among district residents who spoke in favor of ... |
Despite cutting teachers, new LH tax issue likely - The Newark Advocate
Despite cutting teachers, new LH tax issue likely The Newark Advocate The school board on May 15 approved a resolution suspending the contracts of four teachers, a consumer and family science teacher, a physical education teacher and two music teachers. District officials estimate the move could save Heights at least ... |
Survey: Pa. schools in dire financial straits - Philadelphia Inquirer
Survey: Pa. schools in dire financial straits Philadelphia Inquirer By Dan Hardy A survey of Pennsylvania school districts to be made public Tuesday shows many headed toward insolvency in the next few years, and to avoid it they are weighing cuts to music, art, physical education, and electives while increasing class ... |