Web Sites of Interest on the Merits and Advocacy of Music Education

Benefits of Music (Academic, Developmental, Etc.)

• Facts and Insights on Music Study
• Impact of Arts Education on Workforce Preparation
• Music Education Benefits Video
• AMEA Parent Advocacy Academy

• Music Education’s Effect on Academic Achievement

• Benefits of Music Study

• Music Helps Math (Channel 12 Story)

• School Music Inspires Prodigies (Channel 12 Story)

• Research finds brain link for words, music ability

• Music on the brain

• Gilbert High School senior Alyssa Bute's research paper on the impacts of music reduction in schools.

• YouTube Video: Music Inspires Us

• Study: Arts education has academic effect

• Research Briefs: Merits of Music Education

• Music Advocacy's Top Ten Quotes

• Music and the Brain

• Playing along with the Mozart effect

• Think Twice Before Cutting K-12 Music

• Music Aptitude: Use It or Loose It!

• Pull-out Programs Study

• Project Zero - Reviewing Education and the Arts (REAP)

• Music is Multi-Disciplinary:
  Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning
  Howard Gardner - Multiple Intelligences

• Mike Huckabee Statement on Music and Arts Education

• Great Video: Not On the Test

• Jordin Sparks Talks About Music in the Schools
• Study: Childhood music lessons may provide lifelong boost in brain functioning
• Stamford High School parents look to 'Save Our Music'

Advocacy

• AMEA Music Advocacy

• SupportMusic.com

• MENC.org - (Advocacy)

• Advocacy and Public Policy Resources at MENC

• Playing for Change

• Partnership for 21st Century Skills

• Arts Education Partnership

• VH1 Save the Music

• Importance of Elementary Music in Gilbert (PDF)

• Why does elementary music need more time?

• School Music Matters

• Arizona Music Educator's Association

Music Education Standards and Policy

• Music Education Standards (MENC)

• National Standards for Music Education

• Advocacy and Public Policy Resources

• August 2009 Letter From the Secretary of Education

• Tom Horne Position on Arts Education