
Use
this reference information to build the groundwork for music education
advocacy in your community. Begin your research with simple facts,
informative quotations, and various tools of communication.
ClintonQt.doc
President
Clinton's comments on VH1 Save The Music and the importance of
music education in his life.
ClintonsCOTC.doc
President
Clinton and Hillary Clinton speak at Concert of the Century about
music education.
DMCC.doc
Pulitzer
prize-winning biographer David McCullough's comments made during
a presentation in Charlotte, NC as reported in the Observer.
Hillary.doc
Speech
by Hillary Rodham Clinton on September 17, 1998 at the Arts Education
meeting at the White House.
Quotes99.doc
A
selection of quotes from distinguished individuals.
Riley394.doc
Remarks
by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley releasing the
National Standards for Arts Education, Friday, March 11, 1994.
Riley397.doc
Speech
by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley during Music Educators
National Conference FAME Award Dinner Thursday, March 13, 1997.
Riley398.doc
Speech
by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley on value of music/arts
education, Thursday, March 19, 1998.
RileyInt.doc
An
interview with U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley by
MENC, 1994.
RileyQt.doc
Quote
from US Secretary of Education Richard Riley on the importance
of National Standards for Arts Education.
Schmidt.doc
Statement
of Joan Schmidt, Member of Board of Directors National School
Boards Association, before the House Education Caucus at the United
States House of Representatives on July 14, 1999
StudentQuotes.doc
A
selection of statements from students about the importance of
music which have been posted on the VH1 Save The Music web site.
Sykestest.doc
President
of VH1, John Sykes, and his comments made before the committee
on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions at the United States
Senate on June 29, 1999.