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Coalition for Music in Education in BC
British Columbia

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General Resources
Advocacy Strategies
Articles and Reports
Research

General Resources

BC Ministry of Education Summary of Required Areas of Study and Recommended Time Allotments (under construction)

What Is Music?

Music Quotes

What is Emotional Intelligence?

Multiple Intelligences

How To Form A Non-Profit Society Download PDF File Organizing a school district music education advocacy group has never been more important. We have all the information and forms you need to incorporate a B.C. society.


Advocacy Strategies
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What Educators Can Do

What Parents Can Do

Strategies For Effective Lobbying

Giving a Presentation to a Group


Articles and Reports
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Why Arts Education Matters

Children, Music and State Schooling

Defending Music programs with Economic Analysis

Music is Key to Successful Schools

Newsweek Article Supports Music Education

Advocacy: "To Be Or Not To Be ..." By Dennis Tupman Download PDF File Reprinted with permission from The B.C. Music Educator, Winter 1998, Volume 41, No. 2.

Connecting the Dots: School Music and BCs Economic Future

Hi-tech CEOs Say Value of Liberal Arts is Increasing

What gets measured = what gets done!

"Child and the Machine": High Touch or High Tech?

Arithmetic of the Soul

Music: Our Salve, Our Courage Related to Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.

Arts Education's Place in A Knowledge-Based Global Economy by Dr. Ken Robinson, summarized by Dennis Tupman


Research
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Sampling of Music Research Facts

Arts Improve Reading and Math

Mozart Effect

Music Ed 2000 Survey - Summary of Results

Why Music Matters Summary of music education benefits and other information.

Music and the Brain

A song in your head: Brainwaves

Music boosts grades November 2002

Art For The Brain's Sake