These just touch a few positives for keeping our music program alive and growing as it is now. For all these benefits of music education, there is still this struggle to keep it in our classrooms. Slowly, our nation is realizing the importance of music, but is still hesitant to give it the value of the core subjects. Music can and should be taught in every school, to every student. Budget problems have made it difficult to fund music programs, but, thankfully, parents realize the superior force it has on their children, and we do everything we can to make it available to them.
Social development is just as important as academic skills.
Without social skills, a child cannot reach his or her full potential. Emotional needs cannot always be met at home, and music classes offer a way to develop emotionally. Take that away from the students and you deprive them of a lifelong connection with the wonderful world of music. When great efforts are made to include music in the education of our children, amazing things can happen. Let's keep what works.