I was scheduled to meet a principal who was seeking to receive a grant of band instruments via Zoom in the spring of 2021. She never showed up at the first meeting nor the rescheduled meeting in the same week. By the time I was logging in to finally meet this...
Updated December 2025 Since the original publication of this article in 2021, some educational communities and experts researching Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) and Trauma-Informed Teaching have adapted this subject to be called Healing-Centered Engagement or...
In the face of much anxiety and turmoil, school is back. In a recent Save The Music survey, 89% of our teachers and administrators in our partner communities reported that their district’s plan was for students to be learning in-person. Teachers are welcoming back...
When social emotional learning (SEL) is embedded into music education, students learn the skills that will help them confront life’s complexities and challenges long after they leave the music classroom. Save The Music Foundation, in partnership with the Center for...
For the past few years, Save The Music Foundation has partnered with another amazing music education charity, the Sound Start Foundation (created by Sound United), to advance their undertaking of donating 10,000 instruments to children across the world so the next...