This Week in the States – Governors’ Budget Proposals
All 50 state legislatures will meet this year, with most of them convening in January. We expect COVID-19 to be the dominating topic at the state level with state finance…
Tag: State Advocacy
State Success Stories—Ohio
State Success Stories—Ohio Our affiliated state associations are responsible for great work that is done daily to try and create equitable access to quality music education for America’s students. This…
State Advocacy Leadership Forces: A New State Trend
The State Advocacy Engagement Manager for NAfME helps state music education associations (MEAs) position themselves to be successful advocates for music education. To that end, we have worked with many…
States Addressing Budget Shortfalls without Cutting Education
Plenty of reporting has been done on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on state budgeting and revenue. NAfME itself has analyzed the effect of this pandemic on education budgets…
State Success Stories – Alabama
In our next entry in the State Success Stories series, we want to spotlight some of the work that the Alabama Music Educators Association (AMEA) has done in response to…
State Success Stories: Wisconsin
Wisconsin Music Educators Association Our affiliated state music education associations do such amazing work on a regular basis. It is one of the things that makes NAfME staff and leadership…
Music In Our Schools Month® and State Advocacy
This year’s Music In Our Schools Month® (MIOSMTM) proved to be a very successful state advocacy initiative. Many Federated State Music Education Associations (MEAs), led by dedicated state leaders and passionate…
