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Back from the Brink: How an Instrumental Music Program Survived and Thrives Under NCLB and Budget Cuts
Clinician Name:
Perry A. Ralenkotter, Darren Webb
(
Ralenkotpar@aol.com
)
Clinic Synopsis:
In 2001, the Sunman-Dearborn Middle School Band program was 440 strong and extremely successful. That began to change with No Child Left Behind and the removal of the beginning band program into a new building. Follow these two highly experienced music educators for the next hour as they describe the multiple and sustained challenges that nearly eliminated their programs, as well as the creative and replicable solutions that they implemented to—not only survive—but to thrive!
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