Music and band teacher Alvin Aureliano Davis is the 2012 Florida Teacher of the Year Award and places academics before music in his classroom. More
Music teachers from all over the world come to teach students at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. More
Ludacris and his 10-year-old daughter Karma have created "Karmasworld," a website that utilizes hip-hop to teach elementary students various subjects. More
Indie band Dispatch has reunited after seven years apart – we talked to them about why they’re dedicating their summer tour to education initiatives. More
Joshua Renick began a music program in one of the poorest neighborhoods of New York City last year. He found that instruments provided a unique way fo More
Dr. Rauscher, a researcher in the area of music cognition, tells us what Mozart does to our brains (and the brains of rats.) More
Joseph Polisi, president of The Juilliard School, went to a junior high school in New York City that tested students for musical skills and selected s More
Education Nation's The Learning Curve is devoting "Music Matters" week to answering questions on how music affects our brains, what it means to our co More
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