Divisive Concepts Laws and Music Education: Quantitative Follow-Up Study — A Report for the National Association for Music Education by Karen Salvador, Michigan State University with Ryan Shaw, Michigan State University. The report shares the findings from the 2024 follow-up survey to the original NAfME Divisive Concepts Laws and Music Education Report (2023).

The report includes an Executive Summary; NAfME’s History with Divisive Concepts Laws; Defining Divisive Concepts Laws; the Follow-Up Survey Method; and Survey Results including  DCL Impacts on Curriculum, Materials, and Pedagogy, on Students: and on Educators, as well as recommendations.

More Divisive Concepts Laws Resources from NAfME

From Budget to Brilliance: Building Strong Music Programs. 2026 NAfME Music Program Leaders Forum. January 29-30, 2026. Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona. Image of Delta Hotels Marriott.
Get this Resource

Category

  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access (DEIA)

Resource Type

  • Report

Year Added

2024

Explore More

2025
NAfME Collegiate Advisory Council: Health & Well-Being for the Pre-Service Music Teacher
2025
Artificial Intelligence in Research
2025
NAfME Council for Guitar Education: Best Practices for Guitar
image of Hilton Long Beach hotel with copy 2026 Biennial NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education Conference. Long Beach, California. Call for proposals due February 23, 2026. Logos for Society for Music Teacher Education and Society for Research in Music Education
Crayola Creativity Week. Join the free celebration January 26 to February 1, 2026. Sign up now button
Read the all new Teaching Music magazine! Image of October 2025 cover