MENC: The National Association for Music Education

believed education should be for the benefit of their respective society, to make its citizens acculturated, knowledgeable members of their respective communities. The sole reason we have a public school system is because our society highly values education and what it does for the culture and its people. The arts have the ability to preserve and pass on specific things about a culture and its people with relative ease compared to other subjects within the educational curriculum. In this day and age, music education is constantly being challenged to prove its worth to the ever growing educational machine we call the public…

Alice-Ann Darrow states that there are students with hearing loss that enjoy music and even learning about it. This article indicates different types of methods that should be used, it also includes different ways of music participation. The author explains how many people suffer from hearing loss. Darrow introduces different types of researchers that have to do with strategies for music training. There are plenty of difficulties that come with teaching students with disabilities and hearing…

Students who participate in arts education have the tendency to earn higher test scores in, not only their fine arts class, but also in their core classes required by the school. It is important for schools to be aware that ,with “exposure to the arts,” students will be “more likely to have planned to earn a bachelor’s degree” (Walker). With their plan set, students will figure out that the way to successfully achieve their goal is to stay in school, and to get the best education that they…

had an impact on the field of education. Depending on the person, organization, politician, and other member or group of society, you will receive a variety off opinions and stances taken about Teachers’ Unions. There are many reasons in why people are in favor or against Teachers’ Unions and there are many factors that are in play that must be addressed. Unions in an agency-fee state are allowed to charge for bargaining states, they consist of 21 states (Antonucci, 2016). In other states there…

issue is if each perpetrator should be treated and disciplined equally despite differing roles in the crime. The root of the problem is that the community expects consequences and expects them to be severe as this football field is a source of pride for the community and it created an inconvenience in holding games at the field for a period of time. Three indicators in the National Education Association’s Code of Ethics lend themselves to this situation including Principle I, Indicator…

Many schools today are not providing good enough education for the students and their future. Many student are struggling to get through school, and most schools are not providing programs to help students succeed. The Student Success Act will help various programs and improve the schools. The Student Success Act should replace No Child Left Behind because the school 's leaders will have more power in choosing how to best use the funding for their schools, the school and the parents will have…

According to the National Education Association, the National Assessment of Educational Progress tested children nationwide for reading skills. The results for reading tests for fourth-grade students were: Below the most basic level 38 percent; Proficient 31 percent, and Advanced 7 percent. These unacceptable scores are raising questions if children are reading enough, and according to the National Education Association, having kids read more is one of the crucial components of becoming a good…

Vice President and Executive Director of The Aspen Institute Education & Society Program, the purpose of the CCSS is to prepare students to succeed in their college and career pursuits. The CCSS provides scaffolding for building students to build their learning upon then be able to master the skill. (Tepe) English language arts and math are currently covered by the CCSS, Science and Technology should be integrated into English language arts. (Common; English) According to the National Education…

Approximately 14 million children are in poverty in the United States of America (U.S.). That is 14 million kids limited of resources like a good education. Children in poverty have difficulties learning and getting the resources they need to be successful. Poverty is defined as, “the state of being extremely poor”. Poverty affects 14.5% of Americans. The cause of this is believed to be from the government. The latest case of recovery found was that the Republican controlled congress into…