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[ECP] K-12 Newsletter: No More Music Class. It's the new way of teaching kids music.
No more music class

Welcome to the new way of teaching kids music [article] As music classes are squeezed out of many schools in order to permit more time on math and reading, teachers are looking for new ways to integrate music into classrooms.


For years, researchers have studied whether music education raises IQ points, test scores, spatial sense and math and verbal skills, reports Michael Alison Chandler in the Washington Post. [Music Makes You Smarter Research don't miss page 2]


Definitive results are scarce [STUDIO THINKING: THE REAL BENEFITS OF VISUAL ARTS EDUCATION IS THIS THE BOOK THAT WILL CHANGE ARTS EDUCATION?
These authors will settle for nothing less than “changing the conversation.” Executive director of the Pennsylvania Alliance for Arts Education


But experts agree that music sparks memory.


CHILDRENS LITERATURE: Teach Nursery rhymes origins and history. THE ORAL TRADITION Just think of what wonders the alphabet song has accomplished over the decades.


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