- Music embedded in community culture- Effective city and school leaders who value music education- Alignment of interests - Allied partners poised to take action- Strong foundation of existing music education at MNPS - Nashville IS Music City

Why Here? Why Now?

- 83,000 students- 42nd largest in U.S.- 154 schools- No majority demographic - 73% economically disadvantaged- 79% Title I- 120 languages spoken

Who is MNPS?

Theory of Change

For students to have opportunity and access to the benefits of quality music education, we must:

– Engage more students– Offer music classes that

reflect our diverse community

– Restore and strengthen traditional chorus, band and orchestra

ResearchStudents with more than 1 year of music:– 52% more likely to

graduate on time– 7% more likely to

come to school each day

– Earn a 15% higher grade point average

– Score 16% higher on ACT-English and 9% higher on ACT-Math

In the first years…

• 40 contemporary classes

• Recording studio and student-run record label

• Band at all middle schools

• 1,000 instruments• Teacher Advisory

Council

A Crucial Piece• Total public spending:$15-20M/annually• Private investment:

– $1M from CMA/KTMP– $500K other private investment

• Martha Ingram• Gibson• Big Machine• The Recording Academy• Curb Records• Warner Music Nashville• NAMM• More…

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Producing Results

Near-Term:Show increased participation

Producing Results

Medium-Term:Sustained participation, tackle quality.

Increase # schools auditioning for Mid-State

Increase # students auditioning for Mid- State

Increase # students selected for Mid-State

Increase # ensembles participating in Middle TN Performance Assessment

Increase # ensembles receiving “superior” assessment in Middle TN & State Performance Assessment

Deploy robust teacher evaluation system (TN Fine Arts Growth Model Assessment) as means of setting clear benchmark against which teacher quality can be measured and acted upon

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Targets

Producing Results

Long-Term:Prepare students for college and career.Sustain quality music and arts education for future generations.

Ongoing research/analysis to track connection

between investment in music education and student achievement,

engagement and overall impact

Implementation of data dashboard to track progress against Preludes benchmark study and additional

metrics

Laurie T. SchellDirector, Music Makes UsLaurie.schell@mnps.org

615.259.8770www.musicmakesus.org