Elementary school hopes music boosts test scores
by Greta Cuyler
At Lisa Sharer's command, 18 kindergartners hold violins in place and raise their bows in the ready position. All 130 kindergarten students at Schuylkill Valley Elementary School in York, Pa., are receiving classroom instruction on the violin this school year. The district is initiating a four-year study to examine if violin lessons boost performance on standardized tests.
York Daily Record, 1/18/2009