Bronco Green Rough DraftProfessor HigginsSpeech II3/14/14Since the inception of public education, educators have sought to understand how to create the best, most successful students by providing them with the tools for success and the ability to adapt to any situation in an exciting and engaging way. The answer has already been found, yet it struggles to maintain its place in the public school curriculum. The answer is music education. How music education is viewed by other areas of academic interest affects how it is treated. To convince non-musicians of the importance of music education, they must learn what musicians already know. They need to learn what music education can do for the education of students everywhere. Once it becomes known what music education can do for each person's career and ability to succeed in the world, a shift in priorities will be possible and music education will be considered an essential element. How music education is seen from the perspective of a non-man - the musician is important for expanding music education in schools. Most members and school leaders are not musicians and their decisions directly influence how music is taught. A very interesting fact is that, even though polls show that most people in America agree on the importance of the arts, budgets for music departments have been cut across the United States (Kinzer). This fact leads to the conclusion that yes, most non-musicians agree that music education is important, but believe that other academic areas such as science and mathematics are of greater importance to a student's education. A huge factor that led to the funding of Arts programs being cut came with the signing of a federal law called “No Child Left Behind”… at the heart of the paper… to other careers and areas of study. He was able to seamlessly transition from music to business thanks to the skills he learned as a musician. All the skills musicians gain from playing and learning an instrument and interacting with others in a choral setting are exactly what business leaders look for when hiring. All of these claims are supported by scientific evidence that a musician's cognitive function is significantly higher than the average person. The human brain is physically changed through learning music. By understanding how music education is viewed by musicians and non-musicians, coupled with all the hard evidence that music creates mentally better-equipped citizens, the movement toward creating a more prominent place for music in public school curricula can continue with more purpose.