Come About! Music Ed Advocacy in Changing Times byLaurie Schell June 14, 2021 0 In SBO’s June issue, Laurie Schell encourages music education advocates to navigate the shifting winds buffeting today’s music programs and ...
Recruiting Students: Back to Basics byLaurie Schell May 10, 2021 0 Programs that were robust in pre-pandemic years may have only a fraction of returning students, and new students may be ...
Forecasting Music Education: Down the Rabbit Hole byLaurie Schell April 12, 2021 0 Many believe that some type of virtual learning is here to stay. That can be a good thing if it ...
Study Indicates Americans Believe Music Ed Preps Students for Careers byMike Lawson September 23, 2014 0 Calling it the “Glee Effect,” The Harris Poll®, a Nielsen Company, has released new findings that show the majority of Americans believe ...
Music Study Enhances Brain Function In At-Risk Children byMike Lawson September 3, 2014 0 Research shows that two years of musical training in community music programs improves auditory brain functionA new Northwestern University study ...
Perspective: GetBanded byMike Lawson June 16, 2014 0 In the January 2014 issue of SBO, I wrote an editorial titled “The Music Ecosystem.” The idea behind this was ...
NAMM’s 2014 D.C. Fly-In byMike Lawson May 22, 2014 0 Coalition Descends on the Capitol to Lobby Congress About Making Music Education Available to All ChildrenNAMM President Joe Lamond speaks during ...
From the Trenches: 2013 Holiday Wish List byMike Lawson December 16, 2013 0 My Annual Holiday Wish List for Santa Dear Santa,Bob Morrison.How are you? I hope you and the missus have had a ...
A New Voice, the Same Mission: Eric Martin, Music For All’s new president and CEO byMike Lawson September 19, 2022 0
Minnesota Music Educators Association president Cindy Shirk byMike Lawson September 19, 2022 0 Music education in Minnesota faces a host of rather daunting challenges, some unique and others all-too-common in this day and ...
The Real “Crisis” in This Budget Crisis byMike Lawson July 1, 2010 0 There is no doubt that our schools are facing a budget crisis; virtually 100 percent of the nation's schools are ...