Hans Christian Anderson, a famous composer, once spoke “Where words fail, music speaks.” Unfortunately, music programs are speaking less often as the years pass. Since the creation of the No Child Left Behind Act was created more and more schools are being pressured because they are not meeting the basic standards set. In elementary schools Math and Reading are the main focuses and with less funding coming from the states, schools have to make budget cuts. The problem is that the cuts are not divided evenly among the academic areas. Music and the Arts in general are being cut the most. Some school districts are even going as far as completely demolishing music education in their elementary schools. Even with these budget cuts for several years
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There are huge benefits from teaching the brain to be creative and employers are starting to recognize this. “Employers identify creativity as one of the top five skills important for success in the workforce” (Lichtenberg). It is starting to become widely known that creativity is a component of higher-level thinking and complex problem solving (Costa). Music helps introduce children to creativity and expressive thinking. Music presents originality in the sense that a piece of music is never performed the same way twice. Ted Turner, CNN founder, is quoted as stating "Music has a great power for bringing people together. With so many forces in this world acting to drive wedges between people, it 's important to preserve those things that help us experience our common humanity." Music is an important part of culture. It often can bring people together in dark times or in ways to celebrate victory or accomplishments. Either way music is a part of who each of us are and that alone should be taught and celebrated throughout every school in …show more content…
Fermanich, decided to test to see how expensive it really is to run music programs in a variety of school settings and age groups. The professor conducted his research on more than seventy thousand students in the 2009-2010 school year. It also included a diversity of socio economic stature and types of living environments (Parker). Fermanich’s study showed that music education cost around $195 per student in elementary grades. The amount decreased for middle school students to $189 per student and to $143 per student in high school (Parker). As can be seen from this study conducted, school music education programs are actually not costing a large amount of money to schools. It’s no more than the average classroom. Even if some music programs need to be cut back there are way to teach music in an interdisplineary way with the students common core
There are huge benefits from teaching the brain to be creative and employers are starting to recognize this. “Employers identify creativity as one of the top five skills important for success in the workforce” (Lichtenberg). It is starting to become widely known that creativity is a component of higher-level thinking and complex problem solving (Costa). Music helps introduce children to creativity and expressive thinking. Music presents originality in the sense that a piece of music is never performed the same way twice. Ted Turner, CNN founder, is quoted as stating "Music has a great power for bringing people together. With so many forces in this world acting to drive wedges between people, it 's important to preserve those things that help us experience our common humanity." Music is an important part of culture. It often can bring people together in dark times or in ways to celebrate victory or accomplishments. Either way music is a part of who each of us are and that alone should be taught and celebrated throughout every school in …show more content…
Fermanich, decided to test to see how expensive it really is to run music programs in a variety of school settings and age groups. The professor conducted his research on more than seventy thousand students in the 2009-2010 school year. It also included a diversity of socio economic stature and types of living environments (Parker). Fermanich’s study showed that music education cost around $195 per student in elementary grades. The amount decreased for middle school students to $189 per student and to $143 per student in high school (Parker). As can be seen from this study conducted, school music education programs are actually not costing a large amount of money to schools. It’s no more than the average classroom. Even if some music programs need to be cut back there are way to teach music in an interdisplineary way with the students common core