Chicago Public Radio Looks at Music and the Brain

Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy, by Richard Kahlenberg

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, by Naomi Klein

Art as Experience, by John Dewey

Experience and Education, by John Dewey

The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker, by Mike Rose

Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform since Sputnik, by Checker Finn

The Great School Wars, by Diane Ravitch

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, by E.D Hirsch, et al.

The Arts and The Creation of Mind, by Elliott Eisner

How Musical is Man, by John Blacking

The Singing Neanderthals--The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body, by Steven Mithen

Smart Schools, by David Perkins

Creating Islands of Excellence, by Carol Fineberg

A Place Called School, 20th Anniversary Edition, by John Goodlad

Changing Schools Through The Arts: How to Build on the Power of an Idea, Jane Remer

Beyond Enrichment: Building Effective Partnerships with Schools and Their Community, by Jane Remer

Only Connect: The Way to Save Our Schools,  by Rudy Crew

The Right to Learn: A Bluepring for Creating Schools That Work, by Linda Darling Hammond

The Thinking Ear: Complete Writing on Music Education, by Murray Schaefer

Learning, Arts and the Brain--The Dana Consortium Report on Arts and Cognition, organized by Michael Gazzaniga, Ph.D

Within Our Power--The Progress, Plight and Progress of Arts Education for Every Child, New Jersey Arts Education Census Project

An Unfinished Canvas, Arts Education in California: Taking Stock of Policies and Practices, SRI International

Instructional Time in Elementary Schools: A Closer Look at Changes for Specific Subjects, Center on Educational Policy

Schools That Work, Center for an Urban Future

Still at Risk: What Students Don't Know, Even Now, a Report from Common Core, by Frederick Hess

Out of Tune, A Survey of NYC Students' Access to Arts Education, New York City Public Advocate

Annual Arts in the Schools Report, NYC Department of Education

Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination, Rand Corporation, Susan J Bodilly, et al., Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Modern Guilt, by Beck

Wave, by Jobim

Gnarls Barkley

Daniel Variations by Steve Reich

Paramore

Allison Moorer

Carlene Carter

Mark Knopfler

J.J. Johnson

Bruce Springsteen

Dave Douglas

Robert Erickson

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