3. - Music embedded in community culture - Effective city and school leaders who value music education - Alignment of interests - Allied partners poised to take action - Strong foundation of existing music education at MNPS - Nashville IS Music City Why Here? Why Now?

4. -83,000 students -42 nd largest in U.S. -154 schools -No majority demographic -73% economically disadvantaged -79% Title I -120 languages spoken Who is MNPS?

5. Theory of Change For students to have opportunity and access to the benefits of quality music education, we must: – Engage more students – Offer music classes that reflect our diverse community – Restore and strengthen traditional chorus, band and orchestra

6. Research Students with more than 1 year of music: – 52% more likely to graduate on time – 7% more likely to come to school each day – Earn a 15% higher grade point average – Score 16% higher on ACT-English and 9% higher on ACT-Math

7. In the first years… 40 contemporary classes Recording studio and student-run record label Band at all middle schools 1,000 instruments Teacher Advisory Council

8. A Crucial Piece Total public spending:$15-20M/annually Private investment: – $1M from CMA/KTMP – $500K other private investment Martha Ingram Gibson Big Machine The Recording Academy Curb Records Warner Music Nashville NAMM More…

11. Producing Results Near-Term: Show increased participation

12. Producing Results Medium-Term: Sustained participation, tackle quality. Increase # schools auditioning for Mid-State Increase # students auditioning for Mid- State Increase # students selected for Mid-State Increase # ensembles participating in Middle TN Performance Assessment Increase # ensembles receiving “superior” assessment in Middle TN & State Performance Assessment Deploy robust teacher evaluation system (TN Fine Arts Growth Model Assessment) as means of setting clear benchmark against which teacher quality can be measured and acted upon 26 612 294 32 15 90% deployment SY14-15 Targets

13. Producing Results Long-Term: Prepare students for college and career. Sustain quality music and arts education for future generations. Ongoing research/analysis to track connection between investment in music education and student achievement, engagement and overall impact Implementation of data dashboard to track progress against Preludes benchmark study and additional metrics

15. Laurie T. Schell Director, Music Makes Us Laurie.schell@mnps.org 615.259.8770 www.musicmakesus.org