music education
Taking a Music Course Could Help Students Boost Grades in Other Subjects
Research on 112,000 Canadian students finds that high schoolers who took more music courses did better in math, science, and English.
How Arts Can Help Struggling Science Students Do Better
A new study finds that incorporating music and drawing during lessons can help kids retain what they've learned.
Tracking the Evolving Brain of the Young Musician
An ambitious five-year study of young orchestral players aims to determine how taking group music lessons impacts them intellectually and emotionally.
What Leads to a Lifetime of Music-Making?
Swedish researchers put their finger on a variety of factors, including starting early in life and taking lessons more than once a week.
Music Classes Remain Popular, but Hispanics Lag Behind
New research finds that, contrary to fears, the No Child Left Behind act had little impact on enrollment in music courses.