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‘Schools are still killing creativity’ says Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson’s new book, ‘You, Your Child and School’ is a useful book for anyone advocating music education and is aimed directly at parents.
New consortium forms to address music education inequality
Four of the UK’s most innovative access-to-music organisations – Creative United, OHMI, Drake Music and OpenUp Music – have come together to help tackle the crisis in music education.
Growing evidence of EBacc’s negative impact on arts GCSE’s
In March 2017, University of Sussex research revealed that nearly 60% of teachers from state schools believed the controversial English Baccalaureate (EBacc) was having a negative impact on the numbers of students choosing to study music.
Music has been an integral part of the improvement journey at our school
Mitch Moore, Executive Headteacher St Laurence’s CE Primary School (Coventry) & Queens CE Academy (Nuneaton) Diocese of Coventry Multi-Academy Trust, described in 2014 to the
Aspiration, achievement and school improvement – head teachers say music can make the difference
In 2012, Anita Holford wrote the following blog about the creation of music education hubs in England, and how crucial head teacher support for music education is to make England’s National Music Plan work.
The liberating, intoxicating, power of the arts for children and young people
‘Show me a great school and I’ll show you a rich pulsing culture of the arts at its core’, says Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders.
How a Bradford primary school improved its Sats results with music
A primary school in Yorkshire has gone from being in special measures, to being in the top 10 per cent nationally for progress in reading, writing
Music education advocacy publication: how music helps students learn, achieve, and succeed
The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) in Washington DC published a useful advocacy document for music education in 2011, funded by the Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium. It was based on a review of an extensive body of high-quality, evidence-based studies that document student learning outcomes in and through music.
Broader minded music education campaign
The US-based National Association for Music Education (NAfME)’s award winning Broader Minded advocacy campaign was created to offer a compelling and thorough case for providing music education experiences to all. To read more, click anywhere on this excerpt …
Cultural Learning Alliance – a collective voice for the UK’s cultural learning sector
The Cultural Learning Alliance unites the cultural, youth and learning sectors in developing and advocating for a coherent national strategy for cultural learning. To read more, click anywhere on this excerpt.
Progression beyond music – the importance of exploring personal and social development
Article by Dr Douglas Lonie, Research and Evaluation Manager at UK charity Youth Music, encouraging music educators to look at all the areas of change that can take place through music making (for participants, workforce, organisations and the communities in which this takes place). To read more, click anywhere on this excerpt …
