- music embedded in community culture - effective city and school leaders who value music education...
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- Music embedded in community culture- Effective city and school leaders who value music education- Alignment of interests - Allied partners poised to take action- Strong foundation of existing music education at MNPS - Nashville IS Music City
Why Here? Why Now?
- 83,000 students- 42nd largest in U.S.- 154 schools- No majority demographic - 73% economically disadvantaged- 79% Title I- 120 languages spoken
Who is MNPS?
Theory of Change
For students to have opportunity and access to the benefits of quality music education, we must:
– Engage more students– Offer music classes that
reflect our diverse community
– Restore and strengthen traditional chorus, band and orchestra
ResearchStudents with more than 1 year of music:– 52% more likely to
graduate on time– 7% more likely to
come to school each day
– Earn a 15% higher grade point average
– Score 16% higher on ACT-English and 9% higher on ACT-Math
In the first years…
• 40 contemporary classes
• Recording studio and student-run record label
• Band at all middle schools
• 1,000 instruments• Teacher Advisory
Council
A Crucial Piece• Total public spending:$15-20M/annually• Private investment:
– $1M from CMA/KTMP– $500K other private investment
• Martha Ingram• Gibson• Big Machine• The Recording Academy• Curb Records• Warner Music Nashville• NAMM• More…
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Producing Results
Medium-Term:Sustained participation, tackle quality.
Increase # schools auditioning for Mid-State
Increase # students auditioning for Mid- State
Increase # students selected for Mid-State
Increase # ensembles participating in Middle TN Performance Assessment
Increase # ensembles receiving “superior” assessment in Middle TN & State Performance Assessment
Deploy robust teacher evaluation system (TN Fine Arts Growth Model Assessment) as means of setting clear benchmark against which teacher quality can be measured and acted upon
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Targets
Producing Results
Long-Term:Prepare students for college and career.Sustain quality music and arts education for future generations.
Ongoing research/analysis to track connection
between investment in music education and student achievement,
engagement and overall impact
Implementation of data dashboard to track progress against Preludes benchmark study and additional
metrics
Laurie T. SchellDirector, Music Makes [email protected]
615.259.8770www.musicmakesus.org