Typically, when thinking of education, one may consider subjects such as math, English, history, and science. However, the scope of education goes far beyond these four core subjects. Music and the arts teach people how to do things that cannot be taught in a classroom, enhancing skills that are inevitably used in other areas. Along with helping students academically, music education improves communication, teamwork, higher cognitive function, and discipline. These abilities are incredibly important for future generations in search of jobs. Unfortunately, many schools receive little funding for the arts, resulting in a select few gaining the benefits that music provides. The skills acquired through music should not be privy to only the privileged
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There is a significant difference between the workings of a musicians brain than that of a non-musician. There’s “some good neuroscience research that children involved in music have larger growth of neural activity than people not in music training”(Brown 2). Between the rhythms, playing the notes and listening to one’s surroundings, musicians use multiple parts of their brains. This neural activity can then be stimulated in other areas, such as in the classroom. In schools with exceptional music programs, students “score higher on reading and spelling tests”(Bryant 1). Further, “students in top-quality instrumental programs scored 17% higher in mathematics than children in schools without a music program, and 33% higher in mathematics than students in a deficient choral program”(Bryant 1). There is a clear correlation between music education and performance in school. Regardless of socioeconomic status or school district, the results are the same. Students that participate in music also “scored higher on the SAT: students in music performance scored 57 points higher on the verbal and 41 points higher on the math”(Droscher 2). It is clear that, through developing students brains, music education is beneficial to the U.S education
There is a significant difference between the workings of a musicians brain than that of a non-musician. There’s “some good neuroscience research that children involved in music have larger growth of neural activity than people not in music training”(Brown 2). Between the rhythms, playing the notes and listening to one’s surroundings, musicians use multiple parts of their brains. This neural activity can then be stimulated in other areas, such as in the classroom. In schools with exceptional music programs, students “score higher on reading and spelling tests”(Bryant 1). Further, “students in top-quality instrumental programs scored 17% higher in mathematics than children in schools without a music program, and 33% higher in mathematics than students in a deficient choral program”(Bryant 1). There is a clear correlation between music education and performance in school. Regardless of socioeconomic status or school district, the results are the same. Students that participate in music also “scored higher on the SAT: students in music performance scored 57 points higher on the verbal and 41 points higher on the math”(Droscher 2). It is clear that, through developing students brains, music education is beneficial to the U.S education