by Aaron Hansen | Jul 1, 2015 | Band & Orchestra, Music Education, Music Therapy
If you are looking to maintain, build or expand your music program, Gaining the Arts Advantage: Lessons from Schools that Value Arts Education examines 13 critical factors that influence successful arts programs. See an organized approach to the critical factors each...
by Aaron Hansen | Jun 15, 2015 | Band & Orchestra, Music Advocacy, Music Education
Your administrative team – principal and superintendent – allocate time and resources for instruction. Their support is critical to developing a climate in which your arts program can grow. Administrators need your help in making the music program...
by Aaron Hansen | Jun 1, 2015 | Band & Orchestra, Music Advocacy, Music Education
With the reduction of funding for educational programs on many levels, and with the unprecedented pressures put on schools, districts and states by the No Child Left Behind Act, responsibility for retaining arts programs rests with every arts educator, every parent...
by Aaron Hansen | May 15, 2015 | Band & Orchestra, Music Advocacy, Music Education
Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development finds that the arts provide critical links for students to develop crucial thinking skills and motivations they need to achieve at higher levels. From reading and language development to fundamental...
by Aaron Hansen | May 1, 2015 | Band & Orchestra, Music Advocacy, Music Education
Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning indicates that music study improved students’ success in math. Learn about how solid research proves that arts education has far-reaching benefits, both in and out of school, in this tip sheet, Telling the...
by Aaron Hansen | Apr 15, 2015 | Band & Orchestra, Music Advocacy, Music Education
A majority of those outside the fields of music and the arts do not understand the whys or the hows concerning the process of arts education. Provided with a clear understanding of those methods and justifications, and supported by quality arts education in practice,...
