Klarinet Archive - Posting 000213.txt from 2002/09

From: "Aimee Cheers" <cheers@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Music/Academics studies?
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 11:03:02 -0400

Jim,

You definitely need studies and numbers to convince an administrator. I
quick look about the MENC website turned up these articles. I think if you
start here you should find what you are looking for:

http://www.menc.org/information/infoserv/info.htm

Aimee Cheers
www.pamusicteachers.org
Ask me about Winds 'n Jazz in June!

Jim wrote:
As background, our superintendent has decided that to provide more time for
academics, they're going to phase out the instrumental music program in the
middle schools. (This is one more hairbrained scheme that has proven this
man is an idiot, IMO.) They're only going to allow beginning band in the
9th grade, by the end of the phase out, and the band will essentially
function only as a football pep band.

One of our top family physicians told the board that they were making a
serious mistake; that they were trying to dump the one program that actually
was statistically proven to improve academic scores.

Does anyone know where such a (legitimate) study is that we could show to
the school board? Any help is appreciated. They've already dropped the 6th
grade program this year.

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