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Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee released their Labor-HHS-Education bill for Fiscal Year 2019. In total, the bill would provide $177.1 billion in discretionary spending, which…
DeVos Testifies on the Hill On May 22nd, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos found herself defending the Trump Administration’s education priorities on Capitol Hill. She faced criticism from House Democrats on…
64th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education: Ensuring Equity in Music Education As the National Association for Music Education strives to advance music education by promoting the…
Quality State Reporting to Better Serve Music Education Enacting the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), with music listed as part of a well-rounded education, was a significant development for the…
Congress has approved $1.1 billion in funding for the Title IV-A block grant in FY 2018, otherwise known as the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grants. This is a…
Teacher Walkouts, Protests, and Insufficient Funding for Education Inadequate and deficient funding for education in the United States continues to be a systemic issue across all levels. In the past…
MIOSM® and Music Education State Advocacy As we end another successful Music in Our Schools Month® (MIOSM), we would like to highlight some of the great advocacy efforts by our…
Update (2/9/2018): After shutting down for five and a half hours, Congress passed their budget agreement early Friday morning. The agreement not only lifts the sequester caps, as mentioned below,…
Edinboro University’s Decision to Cut Music Education Not Smart in Today’s Job Climate By Mark Despotakis, Advocacy Chair, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association This article was originally published in a PMEA blog…
Mariachi Huenachi on Capitol Hill The month of October is National Hispanic Heritage Month. Mariachi Huenachi from Wenatchee High School was invited to perform in Washington, D.C., for the…
