August 2025 Arts Education Strategic Planning: The Ultimate Advocacy Tool By Laurie T. Schell bySBO Staff August 21, 2025
Learning to Be Better, Do Better byThomas Palmatier October 9, 2021 0 Over the past year or two, many Americans have been forced to examine our nation’s struggle to treat all Americans...
Music Gives Students a Break from Learning Loss Stress September 6, 2021 0 After a year of remote schooling, the K-12 education sector is focused on reversing learning loss, seen in New York...
Making Investments Where They Count byThomas Palmatier September 7, 2021 0 “Don’t pay attention to what people say is important to them. Look at where they put their resources to see...
“Has to Be Better Than Last Year” – MI Retailers Look to Capitalize on a Return to In-Person, Classroom Schooling September 6, 2021 0 The 2020 academic year was challenging in a number of respects (maybe you noticed?) and school music programs – and...
Colonel’s Book Club – Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide byThomas Palmatier August 13, 2021 0 For those readers who may be new to Colonel’s Book Club, I try to review books I think would be...
Getting Your Foot in the School of Music’s Door – What Future Music Students Need to Know July 10, 2021 0 A conversation between College Music Society National Board members Dr. Teri Dobbs, professor of music education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and...
The Importance of Culture to the Music Educator byThomas Palmatier July 24, 2021 0 Editor’s Note: A version of this article will be a chapter in a new curriculum guide to be published by...
Practice Makes Perfect: Apps and Resources to Keep Students Playing Through the Summer September 19, 2022 0 We’re finally coming to the end of the longest year of your career, a year unlike any you have ever...
Designing Creative Music Projects for the Masses bySBO Staff June 28, 2021 0 SBO's June issue includes an insightful excerpt from Will Kuhn and Ethan Hein’s Electronic Music School: A Contemporary Approach to...
Social Emotional Learning and the Future of Music Education June 28, 2021 0 Andrew E. Morrison, a performer and educator, invites SBO readers to explore all of the benefits that intentional SEL provides...
Queer Identities in the Music Classroom June 12, 2021 0 Music educators are provided with the ability to select repertoire that is reflective of our students’ many identities. However, some...
Back to a Better Normal byThomas Palmatier July 24, 2021 0 As progress in vaccinating Americans continues and more of us return to in-person music instruction, there is talk in all...