Federal Mandates and Music
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Supporting the school environment for learning |
Attribution
Diane Ravitch, former assistant secretary of education in the administration of President George H. W. Bush, research professor of education at New York University, and author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education.
Guest on the Diane Rehm Show, March 11, 2010.
Item Text
"I would like to see only one federal mandate, and that would be, 'Every child should have the opportunity to play a musical instrument.' I think that would be a wonderful starting point. . . . The arts, for many children, that's the reason they come to school. It's the opportunity to sing in the chorus or to play in the band."
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- Name: MENC Staff
- Email: advocacy@menc2.org