Music Advocacy Facts

According to surveys conducted by the Center on Education Policy, students attending schools in poorer districts are more likely to have time requirements regarding reading instruction than richer districts. Of the 299 districts surveyed, (97%) of high-poverty districts* required schools to devote a particular amount of time to reading, whereas only 55% to 67% of lower poverty districts** had that same requirement. These results suggest that students from poorer districts are more affected by curriculum change than richer districts.

* - districts in which 76% or more of the students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
** - those with free or reduced price lunch counts of 75% or less