Another View: Schools must celebrate music education to build leaders of the next generation

Music education must not only be embraced but celebrated in Saginaw Public Schools, for it is a crucial component of building the next generation of leaders in mid-Michigan.

There are myriad, well-documented reasons to support music education in our schools. Practically speaking, many studies over the past three decades have shown the correlation between students enrolled in music classes and achieving higher test scores in other academic fields.

Playing a musical instrument fosters critical listening, both to oneself and to others, and inevitably translates to other classroom settings.