RT @edfunding: Cutting Education = Flunking the Future📉#DYK The House's bill slashes education funding for 2025, jeopardizing teacher jobs,….

(cont) lasting and positive impacts of music on our students, and it's those environments that are crucial to the success and development of our kiddos. So I'm urging Congress to support our students and their futures by increasing federal funding for education. 2/2.

Transcript: Hi, my name is Jazzmone. I am a music educator turned advocate from NC. Throughout my K-12 experience, I had exceptional educators, but it was in the music room that my love for learning and connections truly thrived. As an educator, I got to witness every day the 1/2.

Join us and @edfunding today for #HearOurEdStories Day. The House funding bill will devastate teaching and learning with an $11.1 billion (14%) cut to @usedgov programs. Use the toolkit to urge Congress to make those important investments #MusicEdFunding

NAfME Public Policy&Communications Manager Zach Keita joined other members of @edfunding to advocate for key education programs that also impact #MusicEducation. Thank you for meeting with us, @RepBonamici! #CEFHillDay @EdWorkforceDems.

Joining advocates across the education spectrum, we met with staff for @RepChuckEdwards today to discuss their education funding priorities and how they impact #MusicEducation. Thank you, @RepChuckEdwards @EdWorkforceCmte #CEFHillDay @edfunding

We’re committed to ensuring that Congress invests in education, which the majority of the public supports. Thank you for speaking with us @RepCartwright about how supporting federal education funding makes a difference for music education! #CEFHillDay @AppropsDems

NAfME joined other @edfunding members across the education spectrum in a meeting with staff for @RepAaronBean today to discuss their education funding priorities. Thank you for meeting with us, @RepAaronBean #CEFHillDay @EdWorkforceCmte.

NAfME AED for Advocacy and Public Policy Amanda Karhuse joined other @edfunding members in a meeting with staff for @RepLucyMcBath today to discuss their education funding priorities. Thank you for meeting with us, @RepLucyMcBath #CEFHillDay @EdWorkforceDems

We’re committed to ensuring Congress invests in education, which the majority of the public supports. Thank you for speaking with us @KenCalvert and discussing how supporting federal education funding makes a difference for music education. @HouseAppropsGOP #CEFHillDay

We’re committed to ensuring that Congress invests in education, which the majority of the public supports. We are asking key members of Congress to support federal #EdFunding. You can amplify our message: #CEFHillDay @edfunding

“True fulfillment and professional satisfaction,” write NAfME members José Valentino Ruiz and Efithia Arkoudis, “come from a deeper connection with our craft and a commitment to personal growth.” Read "The Four Rs of Music Education”:

July 23, NAfME advocacy staff will join other members of @edfunding for #CEFHillDay to advocate for federal funding for education, including programs that impact music education. You can join in supporting our message using this toolkit: #MusicEdFunding

Employers: Looking to fill an open position for a music educator? Post your job opening on the NAfME Career Center #hiring #jobs

Your voice matters in ensuring music education is supported and funded. Read the latest advocacy blog on the current federal appropriations process: And email your elected officials:

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Shannon Kelly Kane scholarships, Tori Condra and Elizabeth Jones! Are you or will you be a music education major this fall? Join NAfME Collegiate today!

September 25: “Transforming Music Teaching and Learning Together” is the theme of the preconference, and you don’t want to miss it! Join in discussions and group tasks geared toward transforming and strengthening the profession. Learn more

The NAfME Society for Research in Music Education (SRME) has a call for applications for three vacancies on the SRME Executive Committee. The term for service is six years, beginning January 1, 2025. Learn more and apply by August 26:

Congratulations to the NAfME Collegiate Professional Achievement award winners! Will you be majoring in music education? Join NAfME Collegiate today! #NAfMECollegiate

In the current ‘Teaching Music’ read “Full of Hype or Helpful? Music Competitions and 21st Century Musicians” by Amy Boyes: (member login required) “Competitions should promote growth,” Boyes writes, “not a false sense of superiority or inferiority.”