The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) has endorsed the Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act (H.R. 7627), introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13). If passed, the bill…
Nominations for the 2017 GRAMMY Music Educator Awards are now open at www.grammymusicteacher.com. The deadline is March 15, 2016. The GRAMMY Foundation has announced 213 quarter-finalists for the 2016…
From sharing their music at a senior citizen tea, to volunteering at a Zac Brown Band concert, the student-run Tri-M® chapter at Prospect Mountain High School in Alton, New…
In regularly promoting STEAM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), I experience some pushback from STEM supporters. “Don’t knock STEM!” they tell me. But I’m not. If supporting STEAM is…
On Thursday, June 26, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) will lead a Congressional briefing titled “Music Education Powers STEAM: The Broader Minded Role of Music in Preparing a…
On Tuesday this week, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education completed its markup of the President’s FY 2015 proposed education budget. The markup included…
“Our nation has an identity theft crisis. The victims are our children—many times the most vulnerable and marginalized. The perpetrators are our most trusted officials, decision makers, and leaders. By…
On Monday, Congress released a final, bipartisan omnibus spending bill to fund all discretionary federal programs through the end of the current fiscal year. The bill is generally good news…
