Education Report - Teaching Children the Power of Music

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Pan Alley is a nonprofit organization that holds songwriting for students across the United States. The organization recently a school in the Anacostia area of Washington. The presented a concert with the help of songwriter and artist Paul Reisler. He established Kid Pan Alley in Since then he has worked with more than 35,000 and produced more than 2,200 songs. He says the of music can teach children skills they might not in school. He believes the American educational system is too much on standardized tests designed to measure knowledge. Paul Reisler says we now live in a creative . He says his group is trying to inspire children be creative. At Orr Elementary School in Anacostia, 95 of students come from poor families. Marlon Ray is school's dean of students. He says some of the have difficult lives. But, he says, these kids still to strive for greatnessJhonna Turner is director of programs the school. She says the fourth-- and fifth-grade students often focused on more than school. Some have to their families, or live in homeless shelters. A shooting place in April directly in front of the school. one was injured, but the incident affected the whole . Students are often influenced by what happens around them. , Orr Elementary School has a positive, hopeful atmosphere. Marlon says the workshop and concert made possible by Kid Alley created good memories that will last for years.

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