The winners of the Glee Give a Note contest will be announced in December 2011! They include many schools in rural or urban areas. To assist educators who teach in these uniquely challenging settings, NAfME has assembled the following resources:
NAfME Website Articles
- Motivating Urban Students
- Backwoods to Big City—Pluses and Minuses
- Some Proven Keys to Urban School Success
Selected Teaching Music Articles from the Urban/Rural column
- Alone on the Reservation (Aug. 2011) – teaching Native Americans in Arizona
- A Matter of Time in Rural Illinois (Nov. 2010) – scheduling classes is a challenge
- Getting Squeezed in Astoria, New York (Jan. 2011) – building urban music programs from the ground up
- Brockton High School Makes a Turnaround (Jan. 2010) – recruiting and setting goals in a large urban HS
NAfME News Stories
- California Students Find Creative Ways to Support Give a Note Foundation
- At DC School, Teachers and Students Share the Musical Magic of the World's Largest Concert
- National Anthem Day Celebrations Carried Music Students Across United States
- Teachers Help Students Lift Their Voices to Sing
Additional Resources
- NAfME Southwestern Division Symposium on Teaching Music in Urban and Rural Schools
- Urban Music Leadership Conference
- The Institute for Education Sciences Rural Education in America and Urban Education in America websites
- Give a Note Foundation
- NAfME Online Forums