This page has been developed to show links to websites that parents can use to help their children understand the importance of music in their lives. There is more and more data and research that is showing the significance of a quality music education.
Articles
High School Students Do Better In Science, Math, And English If They Also Take Music Lessons
Why Music Education Is Important
Jazz Improv and the Brain: The Key to Creativity?
Study Explores Relationship Between Music Education and Academic Performance
What Happens to Student Behavior When Schools Prioritize Art
Google Finds STEM Skills Aren't the Most Important Skills
Derelict School Becomes a National Leader by Making a Surprising Subject Compulsory
Music Training Can Change Children's Brain Structure and Boost Decision-Making Network
10 Reasons Why You Should Let Your Kid Major in Music
Research Shows Significant Changes to Brains of Musicians
The Lifelong Effects of Music and Arts Classes
A Child's Brain Develops Faster with Exposure to Music
10 Reasons Why We Need Music in Schools
Why High School Musicals Should Be as Respected as Sports Programs Are
KU Research Establishes Link Between Music Education, Academic Achievement
A Parent's Guide to Music Practicing
How to Advocate for Music Education (Even When You Have No Idea How to Do So)
Marching Band: The Art that Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know about Life
10 Ways High School Marching Band Prepared Me for College
If You Want to Accelerate Brain Development in Children, Teach Them Music
Doctors Now Prescribing Music Therapy
Music Education: What Students Want, What the Workforce Needs
Why We Need Music in our Schools
Apparently the Cool Kids Were in Band After All
Creativity and the Brain: What We Can Learn from Jazz Musicians
Can Music Help Low-Income Kids Close the Academic Gap
Why I'm Glad I Participated in My School's Music Program
5 Ways to Support Your Music Program
Learning an Instrument also Teaches Life Lessons
3 Reasons Why Now More Than Ever America Needs Music in Its Schools
Why Kids Need Music in Their Life
Music Hits a High Note in Education - Finally!
How Music Trumps Reading for Childhood Development
A Teacher's Perspective: The Power of Music
A Thank You Letter to High School Marching Band
Why I’d Spend a Lot More Time Practicing Scales If I Could Do It All Over Again - See more at: http://www.creativitypost.com/arts/why_id_spend_a_lot_more_time_practicing_scales_if_i_could_do_it_all_over_ag#sthash.6QaDmRAZ.dpuf
Why I’d Spend a Lot More Time Practicing Scales If I Could Do It All Over Again - See more at: http://www.creativitypost.com/arts/why_id_spend_a_lot_more_time_practicing_scales_if_i_could_do_it_all_over_ag#sthash.6QaDmRAZ.dpuf
Why I'd Spend a Lot More Time Practicing Scales If I Could Do It All Over Again
Musicians' Brains Really Do Work Differently - In a Good Way
3 Ways It Takes a Community to Develop a Great Music Program
Why is Music Education Important
Happier Students, Higher Scores: The Role of Arts Integration
Why Scheduling More Performances Will Save Your Child's Life (and Your Music Program)
Music Lessons Spur Emotional and Behavioral Growth in Children, New Study Says
The Top Reasons College Band Kids Are Successful after College
Apparently the Cool Kids Were in High School Band After All
Band Demand: High School Marching Band Programs Require Discipline, Pride
Who Actually Quits Musical Instrument Instruction - Children or Their Parents?
3 Things Parents Must Tell Their Children When They Begin a Musical Instrument
6 Invaluable Lessons All Marching Band Directors Teach Their Students
Why Should I Send My Child to Private Music Lessons?
High School Band Classes May Boost Teen Brains
6 Things I Learned from My High School Band Director
Cognitive Benefits of Being a Musician
Six Reasons Why the Arts Are the Ideal Vehicle to Teach 21st Century Success Skills
Science Just Discovered Something Amazing About What Childhood Piano Lessons Did to You
Playing Chamber Music Is the Best Way for Children to Learn an Instrument
Student Has Amazing Breakthrough by Doing What Teacher Says
An End-of-Year Letter to New Music Parents
A Musical Fix for American Schools
Bringing Back What Works in Education
Musicians Have Better Long-term Memory
9 Common Lessons of Music Education that Translate into Success
20 Important Benefits of Music in Our Schools
Music Is Food for the Soul, Not Fodder for Learning Standards
Let the Kid Study Music, Already!
The Extraordinary Benefits of Music Education
Creativity and the Brain: What We Can Learn from Jazz Musicians
Why Do Music Students Have Higher SAT Scores?
Music Training Sharpens Brain Pathways, Studies Say
5 Reasons Why Music Classes Are the Best Test Prep for Your Kids
New Evidence of Mental Benefits from Musical Training
What Everybody Ought to Know about Band
Two Million Reasons Why Band Kids Are So Responsible
Unpacking the Science: How Playing Music Changes the Learning Brain
How Music Education Powers the STEAM Movement
Musicians are Probably Smarter Than the Rest of Us
Music Education Starts Early with Parents as Key Partners
The Benefits of Music Education
Using Music to Close the Academic Gap
The Importance of Music Education in Schools
Twelve Benefits of Music Education
Music Education and Childhood Brain Development
8 Surprising Ways Music Affects and Benefits Our Brains
Why Music Majors Make Some of the Best Entrepreneurs
Arts: The Full Value of Music Education
Music Changes the Way You Think
Musical Training Increases Blood Flow to the Left Side of the Brain
What Is Music and the Arts' Place in the Real Mission of Our Education System?
The Best Extra-Curricular Activity at Most High Schools Is Band, Particularly Marching Band
18 Benefits of Playing a Musical Instrument
Can Music Improve Athletic Performance?
How Brains See Music as Language
Educators Say that High School Band Students Have the Advantage in Several Ways
What Percentage of Students are "Meant" to Be Playing a Musical Instrument in School?
Why Extra Curricular Activities Aren't Extra
3 Things Parents Must Tell Their Kids When They Start a Musical Instrument
Ten Reasons Why People Who Learn Music Are More Likely to Be Successful
Music Education Improves Students' Academic Performance, but Active Participation Is Required
Why Musicians Are Better Multitaskers
Study: Two Years of Music Education Improves Reading, Speech
Study: Music Really Does Make Kids Smarter
Even a Few Years of Music Training Benefits the Brain
Musicians Are Probably Smarter Than the Rest of Us
My View: Everything I Need to Know, I Learned in Music Class
Op-Ed: Music in the Schools Teaches Lifelong Lessons
Why Your Teen Should Join Marching Band
10+ Values Marching Band Students Learn
New Evidence Links Music Education, Higher Test Scores
How Music Technology Can Boost Student Skills
Hearing the Music, Honing the Mind
A Very Cool Look at High School marching Bands
10 Fastest Growing Jobs in the USA
Children's Ability to Follow a Beat May Impact Reading, Language Skills
Videos
Tim Lautzenheiser Speaks on the Benefit of Music
Jack Stamp "Why Music Matters"
Parents Talk to Parents about Music
Dan Levitin: Music and the Brain
The Value of the Arts as a Community Investment
Marching Beyond Halftime
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How Playing and Instrument Benefits Your Brain
The Effects of Music on the Brain
Music Education Advocacy Video
Richard Gill - The Value of Music Education
Charles Limb: Your Brain on Improv
What If Every Child Had Access to Music Education from Birth?