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NAfME webinar

Is It Possible? LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Elementary Music

Registration for this webinar is now closed. Have you ever questioned if elementary school is an appropriate age to discuss the LGBTQ+ community? Have you searched for age-appropriate ways to…

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NAfME webinar

Beyond Diversity: Designing Culturally Responsive Music Instruction

We can all agree that music is for everyone. The question is: what are we doing as music educators to make equitable access to high-quality, rigorous music programs—where learners not…

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NAfME webinar

Teaching Music – Teaching Culture

With our attention focused on providing a more inclusive education, we will offer avenues for reshaping curricular content and method in ways that are culturally connected to the wider world.…

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NAfME webinar

Welcoming LGBTQ+ Students in the Music Classroom

As music educators, it is our job to ensure that every student feels safe, supported, and welcome in our classrooms. This is especially true for students in marginalized groups, such…

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NAfME webinar

Inclusion within the Multilingual Music Classroom

As our classrooms diversify, the languages with which our students engage are more than just mainstream English. Music educators need tools to create linguistically responsive classrooms that aim to improve…

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Overcoming Implicit Bias to Promote Belonging

A Thousand Tiny Cuts Overcoming Implicit Bias to Promote Belonging  By NAfME Member Alex Rivera Alex Rivera presented A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Overcoming Implicit Bias to Promote Belonging at the…

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What We Believe: Black Lives Matter

What We Believe: Black Lives Matter As a nation, we are hurting again. Still. Racial injustice is real, and ongoing, and increasingly evident as COVID-19 disproportionately affects Black communities, and as…

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“You Might Be Left with Silence When You’re Done”

“You Might Be Left with Silence When You’re Done”  The White Fear of Taking Racist Songs Out of Music Education By NAfME National Conference Presenter Martin Urbach  This article first…

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