Understanding the effects of sequential instrumental music instruction on achievement in literacy for eighth grade students: a case study of one urban school district.

During the past decade urban American schools saw a decline in music programs due to value-based decisions favoring investment in subjects with high stakes testing. At the same time advances in neuroscience research point to a link between playing a musical instrument and increased literacy skills....

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