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.

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