Deadline: Special Offer for Graduating Seniors

Graduating Seniors—Want to get a discount on your regular NAFME membership in your first year of teaching? As a graduating senior member of NAfME Collegiate, you are eligible to receive…

MEJ Centennial Collegiate Essay Contest

Music Educators Journal is 100! To celebrate, NAfME and SAGE Publications are sponsoring the MEJ Centennial Collegiate Essay Contest Open to undergraduate NAfME Collegiate Members (age 18 and older) $300 First…

A Little Music Training Goes a Long Way

A recent article in the Journal of Neuroscience touts the benefits of even a few years of music training.  In the Scientific American “Science Sushi” blog, Christie Wilcox says, “Music…

College Board Reports Support Arts Standards

The College Board, in partnership with the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS), has released two new research reports designed to support the revision of the National Arts Education…

Take Time to Plan Your Day

To be more efficient, try this tip from Jere Humphreys: “During my second year as a school music teacher, I tried the business organizational trick of writing down all my…

Music Standards Down the Track

It’s true: There’s a movement to recreate the National Standards for the Arts, including music. According to Deborah Hansen, immediate past president of the State Education Agency Directors of Arts…