Could studying music help students in other subjects? Music education researcher Martin Bergee at the University of Kansas was skeptical, so he studied middle school students in several school ...

BOSTON -- A new study finds art and music classes could help boost students' math scores. When schools are facing budget cuts, music and art classes are often the first to go. But a new study suggests ...

LAWRENCE - Music educator Martin J. Bergee thought that if he could just control his study for the myriad factors that might have influenced previous ones - race, income, education, etc. -- he could ...

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A new case study that included hundreds of Tennessee public schools suggests that music education may be tied to better math and reading scores, along with better attendance and positive social, ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Students who take music courses in high school tend to perform significantly ...

Daniel Mackin Freeman, a doctoral candidate in sociology, and Dara Shifrer, an associate professor of sociology, used a large nationally representative dataset to see which types of arts classes ...

Anthony Cheung’s formal mathematical training essentially ended with high school calculus. But as a musician and composer, he has explored mathematical phenomena in new ways, especially through their ...

For some people, math can be a necessary headache. Yes, algorithms guide countless aspects of daily life. There are tips to calculate and hours to count. But unless someone's a specialist, they'll ...