{"id":313643,"date":"2018-04-06T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmusicusa.wpengine.com\/?p=313643"},"modified":"2022-01-13T13:16:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:16:09","slug":"music-educator-voices-in-unison-for-education-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/nmbx\/music-educator-voices-in-unison-for-education-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Educator Voices: In Unison for Education Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"
There is an education funding crisis occurring in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Kentucky at this time. Not only are students in regular academic classes affected by the lack of funding for textbooks and personnel; music students have fewer resources and limited opportunities for participation. Let\u2019s take a look at the crisis as it is now unfolding in the state of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n
Oklahoma has long had a reputation for entrepreneurship and \u201ccan do\u201d attitudes. This harkens back to the beginning of statehood, as the pioneers of this resource-rich region took advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862. If a settler could stay on the land they claimed for five years and improve it, they would then own it. These people were not afraid of a challenge. They saw opportunity in investing in the land, communities, cities, churches, and schools.<\/p>\n