Should Music Be Allowed In Schools Essay

Music has been used for centuries, to celebrate, to entertain and to teach. Music has been known to be used to teach children things like the alphabet, numbers and counting, language skills, memorization skills, phonetics, as well as for entertainment purposes, this typically begins at infancy and continues through the child's life.Many schools across the country have banned the use of music even though studies have shown that music allows students to relax while studying which improve the memorization of the material, music can improve recall and retention of student’s vocabulary, and is used to improve the learning environment for special need students. Music should not only be allowed in schools but should be encouraged as it benefits the …show more content…
There have been studies where neuro researchers have infants and children listen to music before, during and after learning, studying, testing etc. these children showed signs of higher knowledge than children who were not listening to music and were “smart for their age” or ahead of the children who listened to music. After studies like this have been done some elementary schools have incorporated music into the classroom, “the intentional use of music in the classroom will set the scene and learning atmosphere to enhance our teaching and learning activities,” (John Hopkins School of Education Music and Learning). Music in elementary school classrooms has helped students learn and understand the material given. Very few middle and high school have incorporated this method but the few that have showed growth in test scores. higher graduation rates, and very little number of depressed and stressed students. Incorporating music into classrooms should be further encouraged rather than seen in few