1. High-profile report calls for new NCLB
(Archived/Music Education News/Music Administration)

Congress should reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) this year, declares a high-profile report released Feb. 13 by the Aspen Institute, a think tank in Washington, D.C. Declares the repor

2. NCLB Act versus Music Education
(Archived/Music Education News/Teaching Music)

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is up for renewal this year. Will Congress have the guts to make the changes needed to help save music education in our schools? 

3. Music's Place In Our Schools: Schools Districts Work To Bring Back The Fine Arts
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...eir conventional wisdom breaking ideas. Government Officials State The Importance Of The Arts in NCLB: Back in 2004 US Department Of Education Secretary Rod Page, wrote an open letter to...

4. Battle Grows Over Renewing Landmark Education Law
(Archived/Music Education News/Music Administration)

Discontent in many states with the No Child Left Behind Act is threatening to undermine the effort to renew it.

5. We cannot afford to lose music in schools
(Archived/Music Education News/Music In General)

Kodiak Daily Mirror - I'm concerned that in the fight to leave no child behind we've begun to ignore the finer points of education. My kids have had almost no second language training. The mus

6. Educators React to No Child Left Behind
(Archived/Music Education News/Teaching Music)

Joel Packer, director of education policy and practice with the National Education Association, offers reaction from educators to recent proposed changes to No Child Left Behind.