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Music Reaches Hard-to-Reach Children

Category: Anecdote
Issue(s) Addressed: Inherent value/intelligence
Supporting the school environment for learning
Supporting learning in other subjects
Building society/citizenship
Long-term success of students
Developing 21st-century skills
Developing the "whole child"

Attribution

MENC’s Petition for Equal Access to Music Education, 2009

Item Text

“As a music teacher I have reached children considered ‘Hard Core Delinquents’ by other teachers and have turned their lives around. This is great for them and very gratifying for me.”

- Daniel M., Wisconsin

Links

www.thepetitionsite.com

Submitter Information

  • Name: MENC Staff
  • Email: advocacy@menc.org

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