Advocacy

What is your point of view in arts education advocacy? Are you the arts educator, working everyday to advance students’...

“Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation,” “Concert Contest,” “Large Group Evaluation,” whatever name it goes by in your state, many directors find...

There comes a time for honest reflection in the life of every music educator and music education program. Students are...

Photo by Andreas Schantl on Unsplash In the natural world, ecosystems may be as small as a tide pool or as vast as...

Photo by Fauzan Saari on Unsplash Regardless of your role in the music and arts education ecosystem, sustainability is the proverbial grand prize. ...

We’re back! The band halls and rehearsal rooms are filled with the sounds of the start of the school year....

As teachers and families head back to school for the 2021-22 school year, there is still much uncertainty, feelings of...

Hopefully we are coming out of the pandemic and school bells will not ring hollow as classes begin in the...

My surfer sons tell me that paddling out and waiting for the perfect wave is part of the “surf’s up”...

Photo of silhouette by engin akyurt on Unsplash Advocacy is defined as the act or process of supporting a cause...

In SBO’s June issue, Laurie Schell encourages music education advocates to navigate the shifting winds buffeting today’s music programs and...

Programs that were robust in pre-pandemic years may have only a fraction of returning students, and new students may be...