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Education: New Study Finds Music Lessons Improve Academic Performance

October 23, 2014 0

Play on Philly, a nonprofit after-school organization, teaches orchestra and band music to students from underserved communities. The group released preliminary results of an independent study in September that indicated its program helps reduce student absences and improve [continue reading…]