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PETITION ON BEHALF OF ALL CHILDREN IN THE NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS &
WITH THE “DOMINO EFFECT,” CHILDREN EVERYWHERE. WE WELCOME
AND HAVE GOTTEN SIGNERS FROM ACROSS THE USA AND ABROAD.

 

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Allan Kozinn: “If you look at how music was taught in public schools 40 years ago — and for decades before that — you'll see exactly what's needed now. Back then it was simple: Music was part of the curriculum, like math, science and social studies...”1

Leon Botstein: ...classical music training has become a powerful tool in the improvement of primary and secondary school education.2

Zeke Vanderhoek: Music ... proven to most positively impact linguistic development.3

Nina Kraus: Increasing music experience appears to benefit all children --whether musically exceptional or not -- in a wide range of learning activities, says Nina Kraus, director of Northwestern's Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory and senior author of the study. Our findings underscore the pervasive impact of musical training on neurological development. Yet music classes are often among the first to be cut when school budgets get tight. That's a mistake, says Kraus.4

David Elkind, writing about WALDORF SCHOOLS: “Music is introduced at an early age so that children learn to play simple instruments and progress to more complex ones. They learn to use their bodies to move in time with music and to express ideas and emotions. It is an educational program that melds play, love, and work, as I have advocated throughout this book.”5

Rachel Moore, Executive Director, American Ballet Theater: Ninety-nine percent of the students who take classes in this country don't become professionals, but we want them to have a good experience that develops a life long love of dance. They are our future audience.6 [And for all arts too.--ja]

(The above is for information only. Although one of them has signed, we hope that you could help get the others to sign too.)

WE THE UNDERSIGNED PETITION ALL GOVERNMENT AND
PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO MAKE ARTS AND MUSIC EDUCATION
––INCLUDING DANCE–– PART OF THE CORE
CURRICULUM IN ALL NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Please join us by adding your name to the PETITION.

CHILDREN WELCOME TO SIGN!7

AND PLEASE INVITE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO SIGN TOO. THANK YOU!

Sincerely,
EL SISTEMA-NEW YORK CITY

1 Allan Kozinn, To Provide Quality Music Education Now, Schools Could Learn From the Past,New York Times, December 25, 2007.
2 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, October 3, 2008. Leon Botstein:president of Bard College and music director of the American Symphony Orch.
3 The New York Times, March 14, 2008. Zeke Vanderhoek, founder of The Equity Project Charter School where teachers' starting salary will be $125,000; he also founded
GMATManhattan
4 Professor Nina Kraus, Northwestern Univ. Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2pF7_1Q78A
5 The Power of Play, page 209. David Elkind: Prof. Emeritus, Child Development Dept., Tufts Universty.
6 Thanks to ES-NYC founding member Olivia Koppell for the heads up on Hanna Rubin's article “School for Ballet,” in PLAYBILL, June 2008.
7 DEMOCRATIC UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE