Source: Heckman and Masterov, The Productivity Arguement for Investing in Young Children, October 2004

 

The evidence for investing in our pre-K and Kindergarten students is compelling. Each dollar spent in these early years pays back $60 to $300 over the child's lifetime in terms of increased earnings, crime reduction and other benefits to society (TIME Mag, Oct10, 2011). Coupled with what research results that show the impact of music on a childs cognitive, academic, and emotional development, it's clear why having the First Note music curriculum in every classroom is so essential.  

 

 

 

First Note for every child 

  

Most everyone agrees that the jobs of the future have yet to be created. Do you know anyone who went to college 10 years ago to work for Google or Facebook?  The opportunity and need to nurture the creative abilites of our youngest students has never been so important,  yet we seem to be focusing on the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) subjects at the expense of those subjects that unleash and nurture these creative skills. What good is knowing all of the old ways of doing things without the capacity to innovate and apply it in some new way? The STEM subjects are critical to our future but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater!