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Music Is Vital to Our Education System

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

“Music Education Promotes: Creativity, Problem Solving, Cooperative Learning, Positive Self Esteem, Aesthetic Awareness, Integration Opportunities ... Our education system can only be made BETTER by continuing/starting to value music as vital component of a child's educational experience.”

- Anonymous, Wisconsin

Links

www.thepetitionsite.com

Submitter Information

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

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