On Friday, September 14, Congress reached a bicameral conference committee agreement for their Labor-HHS-Education and Defense spending package for FY 2019. This “minibus,” H.R. 6157, would provide in total $71.4…
Build It and They Will Come Recruiting and Retaining Students By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl This article was originally published in the March 2017 teacher edition of In…
Join NAfME’s public policy team on August 8 @ 7:00 PM (EDT) for our Quarterly Advocacy Webinar! As you gear up for the new school year, join us to learn…
For Immediate ReleaseContact: Ronny Lau at NAfMEronnyl@nafme.org or (703) 860-4000 Michigan Music Educators Association Receives 2018 Excellence in Advocacy Award RESTON, VA (August 2, 2018) – The National…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Ronny Lau at NAfMEronnyl@nafme.org or (703) 860-4000 Rep. Nydia Velázquez Named the NAfME 2018 Music Education Champion RESTON, VA (August 1, 2018) — National Association for Music…
One NAfME Collegiate Member’s Collegiate Advocacy Summit Experience A Look Back at NAfME Hill Day 2018 By NAfME Collegiate Member Amanda King This article first appeared on Amanda King’s…
Music Advocacy Methods Through Your First Year and Beyond! By NAfME Member and Music Education Intern Megan Yingst As a college student, I had this delusion of…
Music Technology Win in Senate Draft of Perkins Reauthorization The United States Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee passed its version of the Carl Perkins Act Reauthorization on…
Thanks to impassioned advocacy from committed NAfME members, Hill Day 2018 was a resounding success. Over 300 delegates representing Federated MEA leadership and collegiate chapters from across the nation shared…
Last week, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee released their Labor-HHS-Education bill for Fiscal Year 2019. In total, the bill would provide $179.3 billion in discretionary spending, which includes $71.4 billion…
