Take your Vitamin M!

As music educators we should always be prepared to defend our reasons for including music in the school curriculum.  This is a thought provoking article by former MENC president, Paul Lehman, titled "Why Study Music in School?"  He presents six points that outline a good argument for why it vital to have music as part of the core of education.  He refers to music as "Vitamin M" and "the chocolate chip in the cookie of life".  

Vitamin M-Why Music Should Be Studied in School