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Student achievement benefits from arts education, California State Senator Jack Scott

        Pasadena Star News article of October 8, 2002 expounds on the benefits of arts education.

Art for the Brain's Sake, Robert Sylwester

        From fine-tuning muscular systems to integrating emotion and logic, the arts have important biological value. For their unique contributions to brain development, the arts must take center stage in schools.

Choosing Music to Soothe the Savage Beast, Porter Shimer

        Newspaper article expounding the virtues of music in the quality of life.

Taking A Stand on Music Across the Curriculum, Dr. Susan Snyder

        Dr. Snyder was asked to take a point/counterpoint position on the following statement: The primary justification for music education is its intrinsic, inherent value. Here is her response.

Total Literacy/HOT Readers , Dr. Susan Snyder

      Total Literacy/HOT Readers is a literacy approach for emergent and early readers developed at Lyman School in Middlefield, CT. Literacy is the goal, and music and movement are infused into the reading curriculum.

Integrating the Arts into the 4^th and 5^th Grade Classroom , Dr. Susan Snyder  A Primer for Classroom Teachers

Integrating With Integrity: Music Across the Curriculum , Dr. Susan Snyder

From Fairy Tale to Opera: A Step-by-Step Approach , Sharon Blecher and Kathy Jaffee, from their book Weaving in the Arts: Widening the Learning Circle.