MusicalAdvantage.com is dedicated to connecting musicians with students and audiences worldwide. The site provides links to research articles in support of music education.

Provides links to many of the leading national organizations in music education.

MusicFriends.org is a group of parents, community members, and other music advocates working to support local school music programs through grassroots initiatives. The site includes links to music academic achievement articles, a "Get Involved" section complete with a checklist of things that can be done to support the music program in your community, and links to additional research material.

MusicK8.com is the main commerce site of Plank Road Publishing, sponsor of School Music Matters and creator of Music K-8 magazine. The site offers school music teachers original children's songs and other music education resources. Be sure to visit the Music Across The Curriculum page, which provides ideas for integrating science, math, reading, social studies, and other subjects into your music curriculum.

The MusicK8.com Mailing List is a forum for music teachers to ask questions, exchange ideas, and simply communicate with and lend support to each other.

MusicK8Kids.com, from Plank Road Publishing, is a site designed for kids and features some MP3 freebies, coloring pages, a place to play Boomwhackers® online, and links for kids. It is also home to K8 KidTunes, where kids can purchase and download songs from Music K-8 / Plank Road Publishing.

Welcome to the Mustech Wiki! This wiki was begun because of a conversation on the Teachers.net music teachers discussion board. Some of us decided we'd like a place to share our Smartboard lessons, and perhaps some other resources we use in our classrooms.

The idea behind this wiki is simply to collaborate and share the things that make our classrooms better. It is not about us, it is about the kids and how to teach them music as effectively as possible!

NAMM's mission is to unify, lead, and strengthen the global music products industry and increase active participation in music-making. To achieve these goals, the association has broadened the industry's reach through professional education, public legislation, and innovative market-building programs. The site includes links to a free Sesame Street Music Works outreach kit and Einstein/Music Advocacy Kit, articles on the connection between music and wellness, and links to other sites that support musicians of all ages.

The National Anthem Project is a campaign to get America singing "The Star-Spangled Banner," while spotlighting the important role music education plays in giving Americans our patriotic voice.

Americans for the Arts and the Ad Council have partnered to create a multiyear national public service advertisement campaign to promote the need for more arts education opportunities for children. The campaign kicked off in January 2002, and it will educate parents on how the arts are essential to a child's development, and more importantly, identify ways for parents to ask for more art for their kids. Research in support of arts education, grants resources, tips on working with the media and decision-makers, and sample letters are included on the site.

This is a discussion group for music teachers that are going through the National Board Certification process.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is the largest annual funder of the arts in the United States. An independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Arts is the official arts organization of the United States government. NEA is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts - both new and established, bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership in arts education. Links to resources, funding, a planning tool kit, national initiatives, NEA publications, and the NEA newsletter are included on the site.

The National Music Council represents the United States to the International Music Council/UNESCO. The Council acts as a clearinghouse for the joint opinion and decision of its members and is dedicated to strengthening the importance of music in our life and culture. The site includes PDF versions of the Education Advocacy Newsletter and links to sites that follow important legislative issues.

Use the National Conference of State Legislatures search page to find links to your state legislature's web sites. To find contact information for your legislators, select your state from the left-hand menu and "legislators" from the right-hand menu, then hit the button. You may wish to contact your state legislators to voice your opinion on the value of music education, and you may want to encourage students and parents to do the same.

Nebraska Legislature Online offers an online magazine that keeps readers up-to-date on the happenings of the legislature (The link is at the bottom of the navigation in the first yellow box.), and UniCAM Live!, a feature that offers a live look at the legislature in action. There is a bill finder right on the home page, and BillTracker is available through the Legislative Documents link at the top of the blue navigation. You can find your senator under Senators & Districts, and see who holds what office under Offices (complete with contact information).

Right from the home page (off to the right), visitors can listen to or view footage from current and past meetings. Personalized Bill Tracking is available, though only one of the five options is free. The other four require a per session fee, which varies depending on the amount of bills one chooses to track. The General Info link to the left of the home page has detailed contact information under Legislator Information. The Nevada Legislature was given the 1st place award for its web site from the Digital Legislatures Survey.

This web site has several broken links; however, the House and Senate links work. The House link offers streaming audio of the current session and past sessions, detailed contact information for legislators and representatives (There's even a section where the members with e-mail are listed in full.), and full committee details, including contact information for members. The Senate link offers various bill searches and detailed contact information of senate members, senate committee members, and senate staff. The Senate Newsroom keeps readers up-to-date with senate activities.

Right from the home page, you can view live or archived legislative proceedings and track bills with the site's free notification service. Off to the left is Senate Leadership contact information, under the Members section, as well as detailed information of the Legislative Roster.

The navigation to the left gives visitors full searching capabilities of the House Of Representatives, the Senate, and Former Legislators under Members. Under Legislation, visitors can find and watch bills for free (registration is required).

This page contains a fact sheet of information on the definition and qualifications for NCLB "highly qualified teachers." Also available in PDF format.

Live Audio and Video Coverage of the Assembly is available from the navigation on the left-hand side. There is a section dedicated to World Trade Center Information, and the Assembly Members section provides detailed information on assembly members, including contact information.

NYSSMA's job page provides information on music education career opportunities across the state of New York. You can browse jobs by subject or search for a specific job ID, if you know the number.

This is the actual No Child Left Behind Act. You can view it online or download the PDF. The document is 670 pages long.

Links to documents (.doc or .pdf) containing NCLB approved state accountability plans.

Answers to questions about NCLB from the U.S. Department of Education.

This is the official U.S. Department of Education site's No Child Left Behind section. It includes an index, grants and contracts, education funding facts, Teachers Toolkit, NCLB guidance, and more.

This PDF booklet (revised May 2004) contains important information on the law, focusing on teacher quality provisions.

The No Subject Left Behind PDF document serves as a guide for state and local arts and education leaders to learn more about the federal No Child Left Behind Act and the multiple opportunities for arts education. It provides a brief overview of the legislation including where to find specific references to the arts, descriptions of individual programs with arts specific examples that have received funding, and links to web sites for additional information. (Department of ED has a link to this resource.)

Audio of the House and Senate chambers is available right from the top of the home page. You can search for bills under Legislation, but there appears to be no automated bill tracking service, meaning one can manually look up bills, but that's the extent of it. The House and Senate links in the navigation provide detailed information about each, respectively, such as e-mail addresses of all legislators, senate and house member lists, and the senate and house calendar.

From the home page, at the right-hand side, there is a link titled "Floor Sessions" that provides visitors with House and Senate audio feeds and a live webcast of floor sessions, when appropriate. Also from the home page, the "more about legislators" link at the right takes you to a detailed list of the senators and representatives in all 47 districts (complete with contact information), and the "more about 2005 legislation" link just below that allows visitors to inquire about bills, reviews bills and resolutions, and view daily calendars. More detailed information about the senate and house can be obtained by clicking on the Legislative Assembly link at the top of the page. From here, choose 59th (2005) from the Assembly Links at the left.

John Forster and Tom Chapin's satirical song about what school subjects are and are not "important" since the implementation of No Child Left Behind.

Right from the home page, visitors can locate their legislators and check up on current legislation. In the gray box at the top of the page, Session Video is available, and visitors can Search For Legislative Information such as bills. In the second row of the navigation box, there is contact information for The Ohio House Of Representatives and The Ohio Senate, respectively, as well as links to the web site for each.

Following the Senate Home Page link (at the right of the main home page) offers visitors Bill Tracking services (though this feature does not appear to be automated) and audio and video feeds of Senate proceedings. All other information about the Senate, such as contact information for Senate Members and Meeting Notes, can be obtained directly below the Senate Home Page link on the main home page.

Following the House Home Page link at the left of the main home page offers visitors more detailed information on the Oklahoma House, such as bill information, but does not offer bill tracking or audio and video feeds. All other information about the House, such as contact information for House Members and Meeting Notes, can be obtained directly below the House Home Page link on the main home page.

The Opening Minds Through The Arts (OMA) mission is to improve student achievement by building connections between the arts and the core curriculum. The site offers examples of music-integrated program models and research in support of music education. OMA is local program based in Tucson, Arizona, but might serve as an example for other schools.

Use this site to find contact information for Florida's senators and representatives, to find out about state laws, and to follow legislative proposals. Go to the "House" or "Senate" to search for bills or find contact information for legislators. A link at the bottom of the House and Senate pages lets you "View live and archived video of Senate and House Chamber action." From the House page, click "My House" to open an account and track bills and statutes.

The main site navigation (in the yellow box and the top of the page) takes visitors to Audio/Video feeds (complete with archived sessions), and to detailed bill information under Bills/Laws. From the Bills/Laws section, a search feature is available (from the text links underneath the page header) but no bill tracking. Contact information for the Senate can be found under Senator Information, and under Representative Information for the House.

The site offers a practical guide to give parents the confidence to support their child's music development and music education, with helpful tips on things they can do. Sections include "Why Music Matters," "Every Parent Can Help," and "Getting the Best out of School." National Curriculum information pertains to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland only.

All bill information can be found under the Legislation heading on the home page by clicking on the Session Information link. On the page that follows, there is a link to Bill Tracking Reports underneath the search box in the right-hand row at the bottom. At the top of the Session Information page, the Daily Session Activity EMails link will take you to a page where you can subscribe to Daily Session Activity EMails and Individual Bill Updates (registration is required for both).

Under the main Senate link at the top of the page, one can find senator contact information and more. The main House link provides much of the same information.

The National Piano Foundation coordinates and implements programs and activities that encourage more active piano participation, as well as serve and strengthen the piano community. The site includes free articles on the benefits of making music, plus publications, videos, and pamphlets for purchase.

Playing For Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race. And with this truth firmly fixed in our minds, we set out to share it with the world.

The Playing For Change Foundation (PFCF) is dedicated to connecting the world through music by providing resources (including, but not limited to facilities, supplies, and educational programs) to musicians and their communities around the world.

Use this site to find articles and information about funding and music advocacy. The link will show you search results for Arts, Culture and Humanities, but you may want to investigate the site further.

This site contains an extensive list of American Folk and traditional music with lyrics, MIDI files, tune information, and history behind the folksongs and ballads. Folksongs are arranged by time period.

Music educators, musicians, business professionals, non-profit organizations, music enthusiasts & more telling stories that illustrate the Potential of Music.

The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities helps to incorporate the arts and humanities into White House objectives. The Committee bridges federal agencies and the private sector together. It recognizes cultural excellence, engages in research, initiates special projects, and stimulates private funding. The site includes links to relevant news articles, programs, and publications.

Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation asked 40,000 of our nation's public school teachers for their thoughts on American Education with the goal of placing teachers' voices at the center of the discourse around education reform.

This page summarizes for teachers what researchers have discovered about how to teach children to read successfully. It describes the findings of the National Reading Panel Report and provides analysis and discussion in five areas of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension. Each section suggests implications for classroom instruction as well as other information. Available in HTML format.

First Lady Laura Bush's Education Initiatives. This PDF includes: Bringing What Works to Parents; The Tools to Teach What Works; Recruiting the Best and Brightest; Strong Teachers, Strong Families, Strong Students.

Visit our affiliated site, The Resourceful Classroom, to find resources for teaching math, science, reading, social studies, and other subject areas. This may come in handy if you are required to make your music classes cross-curricular.