Petition for Equal Access to Music Education

My son, Andy, a University of Miami music education student, recently blogged about something that MENC*: The National Association for Music Education is working on:

"MENC has recently begun an initiative to petition the U.S. Department of Education to require the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (now known as No Child Left Behind) to include music education as a required component of each public education curriculum in the United States.

"What does all that mean? In short, they are petitioning the government to require music education be a requirement for all public school students. MENC aims to have at least 1 million signatures on their petition by the time they come before the legislators on June 18.

"This petition is just getting started, but I would urge each and every one of you who has been touched by music in any way to sign this petition, and help MENC make a statement in Washington."

Thanks for the heads-up, Sonny-Boy!

I signed it -- #773. (Andy, too. He's #756.) If music has touched your life somehow, or the life of someone you know, please consider signing the "Petition for Equal Access to Music Education", as well, yes?

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*MENC originally stood for "Music Educators National Conference". In 1998, their National Executive Board voted to change their name to "MENC: The National Association for Music Education" to better reflect their mission.