Congressional Leaders Reach Two Year Budget Deal
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,…
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Edinboro University’s Decision to Cut Music Education Not Smart in Today’s Job Climate
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
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…
NAfME’s Legislative Holiday Wish List
The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) wishes to address a number of items under consideration in the United States Congress that could impact education policy and music education across…
Music Education & Final State ESSA Plans
How Does Music Education Fare in the Final Round of State ESSA Plan Submissions? In May, NAfME published an analysis of how music and arts education fared within the first…
Advocacy Webinar – ESSA at the Local Level
Join NAfME’s public policy team on Tuesday, December 5th, at 7:00 PM for our Quarterly Advocacy Webinar! The music community most closely associates the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, or…
Tax Reform and What it Could Mean for Education
The House of Representatives recently passed its version of tax cuts and reforms, the central piece of the Republican plan to boost the U.S. economy. No Democrats voted for the…
Budget, Tax Reform, & Reconciliation?
The budgetary cycle for FY 2018 has traveled a difficult and confusing path, but on Thursday, October 26, after a close vote of 216-212, the House of Representatives adopted the…
Recap: NAfME & CMA Foundation Host Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
NAfME, along with the Country Music Association (CMA) Foundation, celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month by hosting a reception, honoring the Wenatchee High School Mariachi Program on Capitol Hill the evening of…
ESSA and Copyright
The music community most closely associates the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, or ESSA, as the first piece of federal legislation to enumerate music as part of a “Well-Rounded…
