Did You Know?
The world's top academic countries place a high value on music education. Hungary, Netherlands and Japan stand atop worldwide science achievement and have strong commitment to music education. All three countries have required music training at the elementary and middle school levels, both instrumental and vocal, for several decades. The centrality of music education to learning in the top-ranked countries seems to contradict the United States' focus on math, science, vocabulary and technology.
Source: 1988 International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IAEEA) Test.
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"A grounding in the arts will help our children to see, to bring a uniquely human perspective to science and technology. In short, it will help them as they grow smarter to also grow wiser."
Robert E. Allen - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Corporation