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With music education in schools, teachers can encourage students to use their voices, expressing themselves through music. In West Virginia, Save The Music found that 83% of music teachers believed that their students who participate in music have increased their overall engagement in school.
Music education facilitates student academic achievement. Not only do students who study music develop musical abilities, they receive benefits that extend to other academic areas, leading to overall scholastic success.
NAfME is a collaborative community that supports music educators and advocates for equitable access to music education. With more than 57,000 members teaching millions of students, NAfME advances the music education profession and promotes lifelong experiences in music.
There are several existing resources one can use to learn more about effectively integrating music into their classroom. In Edutopia’s 6 Smart Ways to Bring the Power of Music Into Your Classroom, educators share strategies for creatively and intentionally integrating music into the classroom.
To get maximal brain benefits, students should actively engage with music by learning to play an instrument or studying voice, preferably in a group setting. The evidence is strong enough to recommend music education as a discrete class for all kids—and across the grade levels—as a critically important investment.
Music can promote buy-in to topics of study, opportunities to recognize the power of effort to progress when learning a musical instrument, boost moods, provide memory-enhancing tools, and even expand the brain’s creative potential.
5790 Armada Drive. Carlsbad, CA 92008. 760.438.8001. info@namm.org. Explore with these national experts the FUTURE of music education in our nation’s K-12 and higher education teaching and learning environments; how will music learning and teaching continue as a creative, cultural and human force that is available to all.
Music education programs, be they schoolwide music classes or performance-based electives like band, chorus, and orchestra: Teach and reinforce the importance of effective communication and collaboration.
Amid the ongoing crises in literacy and numeracy plaguing our schools and the enduring sting of pandemic learning loss, many arts advocates are pointing to music education as a way to boost executive functioning in the brain.
95 percent of Americans consider music to be part of a well-rounded education, and 93 percent feel that schools should offer music education as part of the regular curriculum. Nearly four in five (79 percent) even say that music education should be mandated for every student in school (2003 Gallup Poll conducted for NAMM).