Not on the Test!

Mar 14
Posted in Advocacy, Arts Education, Educators, Music Education, Teaching, songwriting
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For students and parents who may be stressed out over testing, here’s a lullaby for the times. Grammy Award-winning children’s artist Tom Chapin offers the “Not on the Test” song and video to raise awareness about the importance of music education in all classrooms and to express concern about what is missing from American public education. “Not on the Test,” with music and lyrics by Chapin and his long-time collaborator John Forster, and produced by PST Records, can be downloaded at www.notonthetest.com.

Additional information and advocacy links can be found here.

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    Dale Lewis
    Mar 14, 2008 at 7:46 pm

    Thanks for posting this. My school is in the midst of our annual testing, Florida’s FCAT, and this piece struck a real “chord.” I’m passing this on to my fellow music educators and I posted a reference to your article on my music ed blog.

    dcavalier
    Apr 2, 2008 at 10:13 am

    Hi Dale,

    Thanks for your comment! I’m glad this resonated with you and what your school is currently going through. Thanks for passing it along. I hope your colleagues enjoy it!

    Debbie

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