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Immigration to America
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Massachusetts School Law put in place
required town officials to encourage parents to get elementary education -
Massachusetts School Law
required that a town of 50+ people appoint a teacher to teach reading and writing -
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Industrial Revolution
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Music Education in Schools
the year that music became a curricular subject in schools, Lowell Mason encouraged it in one Boston school -
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Great Immigration
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
created "separate but equal" doctrine -
Dalcroze's Lecture on "The Reform of Music Education in the School"
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founding of NAfME
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Dalcroze Method Brought to the United States by de Montoliu
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earliest songbooks based on the Kodaly Method Published in Budapest
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Music Educators Fought About Jazz and Popular Music in Schools
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Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act
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United Nations Formed
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Civil Rights Movement
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Cold War
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Orff Published his five volume "Music for Children"
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International Society for Music Education Developed
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MENC Organized its Commission on Basic Concepts
It helped define a solid philosophical foundation for music education. -
Sputnick had its successful flight!
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NSSE published the MENC's Commission on Basic Concepts
It cited historical justifications for music education. -
Conference in Woods Hole, MA
The conference started the discussion of problems with science education and started education planning. The conference also inspired other genres of education to gather and start the discussion. -
AASA Recommends a more Balanced Curriculum
included all arts -
Young Composers Project
composers were assigned to schools for collaboration and educational purposes -
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Baby Boom
brought economic growth but didn't foster academic excellence -
Americans for the Arts founded
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MENC added seminars to the YCP
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Yale Seminar on Music Education
Had many proposals, but no legitimate ways to execute their ideas -
Richards bought the Kodaly Method to the United States by Publishing "Threshold to Music"
she exposed music educators to it in 1966 -
Civil Rights Act
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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Created by Congress
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Internation Education Act
provided grants to higher education institutions to establish centers for research and training -
Warrenton, VA Symposium
evaluated comprehensive musicianship -
The Tanglewood Symposium
Resulted in the Tanglewood Declaration, and it found ways to respond to the changing needs of society. -
The Education Professions Development Act
The purposes were to improve the quality of teaching and help overcome the shortage of trained teachers by implementing training and retraining programming. -
Airlie House Symposium
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MENC Granted the National Association for Jazz Education
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"Approaches to Public Relations for the Music Educator"
Gaines published the article on public relations and it helped shaped the 1972 issue of "Music Educators Journal." -
Woodstock Festical in New York
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"A Philosophy of Music Education" Published
Music education was accepted as aesthetic education because of the philosophy of Reimer's book. -
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Education Declined
federal government faced many crises that drew their attention away from education -
Education Amendments Act
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National Alliance for Arts Education
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"The School Music Program: Description and Standards" Published
It was a response to the Tanglewood Symposium published by the National Commission on Instruction. It described the ideal music program. The second edition was published in 1986 and set up goals for 1990. -
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Addison-Wesley Published CM Teaching Materials
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"Coming to Our Senses" was Published
Published by the Arts Education and Americans Panel, the article described the status of arts education and warned about the future of American culture if the arts weren't taken seriously. -
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Support for Arts Education Rose on the Federal Level
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Education Consolidation Act
merged all categories and programs and hurt arts education -
PCAH Founded
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities was established by Ronald Reagan, and it brought together many officials in the education business to try and preserve and invest in cultural life. -
"A Nation at Risk" Released
report recommended that elementary and secondary school curricula include the fine and preforming arts and vocational education -
"High School: A Report on Secondary Education in America" Released
Written by Boyer, it recommended that the first two years of high school be dictated by lead by a core curriculum, including the arts. -
College Board Study Released
"Academic Preparation for College: What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do" was released and it recommended that English, arts, math, science, social studies and foreign languages be basic subjects. -
NAfME and the ACA formed National Arts Education Working Group
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NAJE Became IAJE
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The Goals 2000 Legislation Passed into Law
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The Vision 2020 Symposium
Named Housewright Symposium for the former dean of Florida State. It provided responses for six questions formulated for the conference. (pg. 34-35 in book) -
Goals 2000 Act Expires
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No Child Left Behind Act
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Americans for the Arts and National School Boards Association Partnered
They groups paired to create an online resource center to help schools in building policy infrastructure for arts education. -
Arts Action Fund
simulated arts advocacy -
Centennial Congress
MENC celebrated it's 100th anniversary in Orlando, Florida. It wasn't very significant for the development of music education, but it did bring a bunch of music educator organizations together. -
America Competes Act
forced school to focus on STEM -
IAJE Filed for Bankruptcy
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Race to the Top Signed into Law
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IAJE Dissolved
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The Lincoln Center's Imagination Convention
resulted in a focus on the building of imaginations in kids through awareness and discussion -
National Music Education Week Recognized
June 24 - 28 was the first National Music Education Week in 2011.