| Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? (video)   
I saw this video at the 2008 MENC National Conference in Milwaukee. His comments blew me away, and I highly suggest watching this video and sharing it with your administrators. You can fast forward to the second section to get to the part that deals closely with music education or watch the whole thing for a heartfelt and humorous look at education.
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| Making the Case for Music Education 
What will it be -- music or computers? In some communities, it all comes down to that question. New research, special programs, and dedicated teachers and community members are helping to make a solid case for putting music Bach into our schools!
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| A Well Tempered Mind- Book Review
Peter Perret, conductor of the Winston-Salem Symphony for more than 25 years, wondered if placing a woodwind quintet in a poorly performing elementary school might help students academically.
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| MusicFriends Home Page-Music Advocacy
MusicFriends
is a group of parents, community members, and other music advocates
working to support local school music programs through grassroots
initiatives.
Sponsored
by MENC: The National Association for Music Education, an organization
of nearly 120,000 music educators, MusicFriends raises awareness
about music education in schools and communities across the nation.
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| Study Reveals Teens' Strong Commitment to Music and Music Making
The NAMM Foundation recently announced the results of a recently published research study by Patricia Shehan Campbell, Ph.D. of the University of Washington as part of the Foundation’s Sounds of Learning research initiative.
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| Support Music
The home page to the Support Music Web Site. A joint collaboration between the NAMM and the NEMC that produces materials and information for use by music educators of all levels, but especially at the beginning band level.
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| The Dana Foundation
The Dana.org web site provides many different music advocacy tools including news releases on the benefits of music and arts education and grant opportunities.
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| The Music Achievement Council
A non-profit organization affiliated with the National Association of Music Merchants and the National Educators Music Conference that provides useful advocacy and training materials to music educators and schools.
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| Better Minds Through Music- News Story
On March 4, 2008, NBC Nightly News ran a segment titled Better Minds Through Music. The story was a kind of follow-up to the whole Mozart Effect controversy.
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| Harris Interactive Music Education Survey Results
The final report by Harris Interactive on a survey done on the benefits of music education programs in our schools. Among the many statistics is the overwhelming evidence that students that participate in music education classes do far better financially and educationally after graduation.
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