Music Education: Articles & News

  • Supporting Music Education: Helping Teachers Succeed

    Music educators are encouraged to watch “Tips for Success” videos (brought to you by The Music Achievement Council). The Music Achievement Council is an action-oriented nonprofit enabling more students to begin and stay in instrumental music programs.

  • The Business Side of Teaching School Music: Choosing a Music Dealer

    Music educators are encouraged to watch “Tips for Success” videos (brought to you by The Music Achievement Council). The Music Achievement Council is an action-oriented nonprofit enabling more students to begin and stay in instrumental music programs.

  • Learn to Work with the Best in Music Education

    Music educators are encouraged to watch “Tips for Success” videos (brought to you by The Music Achievement Council). The Music Achievement Council is an action-oriented nonprofit enabling more students to begin and stay in instrumental music programs.
  • Talking Up Music Education Podcast

    The Importance of Building Connections with Your Elected Officials at Every Level

    Talking Up Music Education is a podcast from The NAMM Foundation about music education. Download episode 20 today!

  • 527 Districts and 92 Schools Recognized as Best Communities for Music Education by The NAMM Foundation and U. of Kansas

    Music Education Grows in Importance as New Research Shows that Participating in School Music Programs is Associated with Improved Brain Response in Speech and Reading Some families are basing their decisions on where to live on music education opportunities in local schools

  • 2017 SupportMusic Merit Award Schools

    The NAMM Foundation has recognized 92 schools across the nation with the SupportMusic Merit Award (SMMA), honoring individual schools that have demonstrated strong support for and commitment to music education.

  • Telling the Story: What Administrators Can Do For a Music Program

    Music educators are encouraged to watch “Tips for Success” videos (brought to you by The Music Achievement Council). The Music Achievement Council is an action-oriented nonprofit organization enabling more students to start and stay in instrumental music programs.
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    2017 Best Communities for Music Education

    Congratulations to the 527 school districts that are among the Best Communities in the nation for music education.
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    Best Communities for Music Education: What Districts and Schools Are Saying

    School districts and individual schools are encouraged to apply to receive the national distinction as a NAMM Foundation Best Communities for Music Education. The Best Communities for Music Education Award (BCME) and its counterpart, the SupportMusic Merit Award (SMMA), recognize outstanding efforts by teachers, administrators, students and community leaders at the district and individual school level that share the common goal to ensure access to music for all students in the classroom.

  • A Pennsylvania School District's Music Program Thrives From Community Investment

    Marple Newtown School District in Delaware County, Pennsylvania is a mid-sized suburban public school district and recent recipient of a Best Communities for Music Education award. The district’s music program received the designation for their exemplary commitment to music education four years in a row.

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