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Music Education Improves Language Skills?

  • Mon, Jul 16 2018  •
    • State of the Arts

A recent MIT study found that Mandarin-speaking kindergarten students receiving piano lessons showed increased improvement in word discrimination. Students receiving musical training also exhibited increased brain activity when listening to tones and pitches.

How could your LEA/school leverage music and the arts to increase academic skills and knowledge acquisition?

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