Music education
Education in the new economy: STEM plus arts
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Ken Robinson, author of the inspiring best-seller "Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative," reminds us that the goal of education should not be to teach subjects, rather to teach students.
France: L'Éducation artistique et culturelle "un engagement au long cours"
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
L'Éducation artistique et culturelle compte parmi les chevaux de bataille de la ministre de la Culture.
Michelle Obama pushes for music, arts in schools at awards lunch
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
First Lady Michelle Obama took to an entertainment-industry pulpit in Los Angeles to stump for expanding the role of arts in education, saying that 6 million children in the U.S. have no exposure to any form of arts in school.
India: Need for formalized music education
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
It is not often that you find your teacher using a keyboard instead of a blackboard, but no one's complaining at Goa University (GU).
UK: Charity gives springboard to aspiring young musicians
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
During the Second World War, the great violinist and educator Yehudi Menuhin played concerts for Allied troops and travelled to Belsen concentration camp shortly after it was liberated to perform for surviving prisoners.
US: High School Music Classes Remain Popular, but Hispanics Lag Behind
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
New research finds that, contrary to fears, the No Child Left Behind act had little impact on enrollment in music courses.
UK: Fight the cuts
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
Because if kids aren't learning, they're not playing. And if they're not playing they're not buying.
Music lessons combat poverty’s effect on the brain
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
Research suggests classes can help close the socioeconomic gap in reading ability.
La musique affûte le cerveau des enfants
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
Ceux qui jouent régulièrement d'un instrument développent davantage leur habileté mentale.
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- Canada: Inner-city students love making music with ESO
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- Korea: Prize-winning conductor and pianist Myung Whun Chung records an album of music that rewards and encourages piano students.