Building Support for Music Education: A Practical Guide

Set up a small and enthusiastic team, and ask each team member to develop a network of helpers.

Resources

For every problem faced by your advocacy group, there is an answer—you only need to know where to find it. Use these books and other resources in your work for music education.

"America's Culture Begins with Education." Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1990.
Arts in Schools: State by State. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1988.
Bacon's Publicity Checker. 2 vols. Chicago, IL: Bacon's Publishing, 1990.
Benham, John. School Music and "Reverse Economics" (videotape). Reston, VA: National Coalition for Music Education, 1991.
Beyond the Classroom: Informing Others. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1987.
Creativity in the Workplace and Beyond—Statements by 12 Business Leaders. New York: Business Committee for the Arts, 1991.
Data on Music Education. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1990.
Directory of State Education Agencies. Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers, 1989.
Fowler, Charles. Can We Rescue the Arts for America's Children? Coming to Our Senses—10 Years Later. New York: American Council for the Arts, 1988.
Getto, Elissa O. TIPS: Public Relations. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1988.
Lautzenheiser, Tim. "A Way of Learning." On Let's Make Music/A Way of Learning (videotape). Reston, VA: National Coalition for Music Education, 1991.
Lehman, Paul. A Realistic Rationale for Teaching Music. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1985.
Lehman, Paul. Music in Today's Schools: Rationale and Commentary. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1987.
Mancini, Henry. "Let's Make Music." On Let's Make Music/A Way of Learning (videotape). Reston, VA: National Coalition for Music Education, 1991.
Making Sense of School Budgets. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1989.
Music Booster Manual. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1989.
National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification Manual. Attn.: Dr. R. K. Mastain, PO Box 2431, Sacramento, CA 95812-2431.
National Coalition for Music Education. Action Kit for Music Education. Reston, VA: National Coalition for Music Education, 1991.
National Coalition for Music Education. "Growing Up Complete: The Imperative for Music Education—Executive Summary" (brochure). Reston, VA: National Coalition for Music Education, 1991.
National Coalition for Music Education. "Music Education and Your Child" (brochure). Reston, VA: National Coalition for Music Education, 1991.
National Coalition for Music Education. "Music Makes the Difference" (brochure). National Coalition for Music Education, 1991.
National Commission on Music Education. Growing Up Complete: The Imperative for Music Education. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1991.
Promoting School Music: A Practical Guide. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1984.
The School Music Program: Description and Standards. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1986.
Shuler, Scott. Words of Note: Making Arts Education Curricular. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1990.
Testimony to Music. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1986.
Toward Civilization: A Report on Arts Education. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 1988.
Tucker, Kerry, and Doris Derelian. Public Relations Writing: A Planned Approach for Creating Results. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1989.
Voices of Industry. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1990.
Why We Need the Arts. New York: American Council for the Arts, 1989.
Working Press of the Nation. 5 vols. Chicago, IL: National Research Bureau, 1988.
"Working Together for Quality Music Education for All Students" (brochure). Reston, VA: MENC, 1988.