Pleasantville's Music Website » Music in the News http://pleasantvillemusic.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org blog Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:48:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 More Music in the news! http://pleasantvillemusic.edublogs.org/2008/01/09/more-music-in-the-news/ http://pleasantvillemusic.edublogs.org/2008/01/09/more-music-in-the-news/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:33:53 +0000 pleasantvillemusic http://pleasantvillemusic.edublogs.org/2008/01/09/more-music-in-the-news/ In a recent Washington Post article, “Cranking up Graduation Rates, SATs”, the author explains why music education is so important to our children’s success in school. Click on the above link to read the short article.

]]> http://pleasantvillemusic.edublogs.org/2008/01/09/more-music-in-the-news/feed/ 0 New Harris Poll shows benefits of music ed http://pleasantvillemusic.edublogs.org/2007/11/30/new-harris-poll-shows-benefits-of-music-ed/ http://pleasantvillemusic.edublogs.org/2007/11/30/new-harris-poll-shows-benefits-of-music-ed/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:38:12 +0000 pleasantvillemusic http://pleasantvillemusic.edublogs.org/2007/11/30/new-harris-poll-shows-benefits-of-music-ed/ A new Harris Poll shows a direct correlation between music education and success in life. Check out the information on the following website.  It will amaze you – and make you happy that every Pleasantville student receives music instruction!

http://www.menc.org/unlinked/HarrisPollSummaryMemo.pdf

]]> http://pleasantvillemusic.edublogs.org/2007/11/30/new-harris-poll-shows-benefits-of-music-ed/feed/ 0 Music Education and SAT scores http://pleasantvillemusic.edublogs.org/2007/09/04/music-education-and-sat-scores/ http://pleasantvillemusic.edublogs.org/2007/09/04/music-education-and-sat-scores/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:21:54 +0000 pleasantvillemusic http://pleasantvillemusic.edublogs.org/2007/09/04/music-education-and-sat-scores/ Have you ever wondered if music education makes a difference in a student’s overall education?  The SAT people have been tracking information from student tests for the last several years. The SAT scores for students involved in the arts in general (and in music in particular) are higher than students who are not involved in any art/music programs! Check out this link for the exact information:  http://www.menc.org/information/advocate/sat.html

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