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Support Music Education
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Courtesy of MusicFriends and MENC The National
Association for Music Education
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Bob McGrath from Sesame Street
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• My wish for music education is
• that every child on the planet would
• have the opportunity to be involved
• in the joy of music making in some
• fashion.

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Academic Benefits of Music
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Better S.A.T. Scores Students in music programs
scored 57 points higher on the verbal and 41
points higher on the math than students with no
arts participation.

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More Academic Awards Students that participated
in music programs received more awards and
academic honors than non-music students.
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Lifestyle Benefits of Music
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• Better attendance
• Research suggests music
• activities for all students on
• Monday and Fridays reduces
• the absentee rate on those days.

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More Lifestyle Benefits
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Graduation Rates A Chicago teacher reported that
in the Chicago schools, where the overall school
retention rate is 50 percent, one inner-city
Hispanic school was able to boast a 95 percent
retention rate. She attributes this to a strong
music program.

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More Lifestyle Benefits
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Better Self-Esteem After improving music
programs, cases of low self-esteem, shyness and
delinquency have decreased in schools.
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Music Creates Opportunities
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• A higher percentage of music majors are admitted
  to medical school than those of any other major.

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• Because most colleges view participation in the
  arts and music as a valuable experience, at
  
• least one year of visual and performing arts is
  recommended for all college-bound high school
  students.

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(Name of your school) students benefit
frommusic education!
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Add a Picture of Your (Music Students) Here

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The Good News!
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94 percent of the nations public schools
have music
programs.

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The Bad News
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57 percent of students receive only an hour or
less of music instruction each week.
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Challenges Facing Music Education
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• Few resources for music teachers
• Lack of funding
• Inadequate instruction time
• Music classes held in inappropriate
  spacesclosets, cafeterias, etc.
• Music classes not required for graduation

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Music Teacher Shortage
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Each year, fewer new music teachers graduate than
the number that retire. If no music teacher is
available, music programs are often permanently
cut.

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What can be done?
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Take action by joining MusicFriends! We need you
parents and community members to strengthen
music education!

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What is MusicFriends?
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• A free, national advocacy group that supports
  music education
• A resource to learn about the latest music
  education news through a monthly e-newsletter
• An opportunity to contact local, state and
  national legislators and make your voice heard!

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MusicFriends on Capitol Hill
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Educating national leaders about the importance
of music education. Helping to re-establish the
arts communities after Katrina

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Working to increase national arts and arts
education funding
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Would you like
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• Updates about music education?
• Opportunities to network with parents/administrato
  rs who want to improve music education?
• Instructions on how to write your legislators
  about music education?
• Skills for advocating for music education?

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Join MusicFriends!
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Its free and easy to join. Visit
the web site to sign up
and for more
information! www.MusicFriends.org

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