http://www.mainemmea.org/ Updates from the MMEA front page en Copyright 2008 BP Design. All Rights Reserved MMEA MENC Maine music educators http://mainemmea.org/index.html Please check out the General Music Workshop schedule for tomorrow, Friday October 10. http://mainemmea.org/calendar.htm http://mainemmea.org/index.html Congratulations to MMEA member Diana Waterman who has been nominated as a candidate for Maine teacher of the Year! http://mainemmea.org/index.html MENC wants you to know that the President has proposed substantial cuts to key arts programs and encourages you to contact your Members of Congress www.congress.org to let them know that you do not condone this action. http://mainemmea.org/governmentrelations.htm On November 12 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time in Washington, DC, MENC leadership was on hand for the release and dissemination of results from a brand new Harris Poll on the impact of music education on our society. http://mainemmea.org/governmentrelations.htm On November 13, MENC staffers and Steven Van Zandt followed up Monday's successful Harris Poll press event with a day of Hill visits intended to promote the poll's new findings, as well as both MENC and Van Zandt's music education efforts http://mainemmea.org/governmentrelations.htm On November 13, President Bush made good on his promise to veto the $606 billion FY 08 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill, sending it back to Congress for further deliberation. http://mainemmea.org/governmentrelations.htm Recently, MENC sent a letter to all 2008 presidential candidates inquiring as to their views on the upcoming reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act, and on their general positions on the role of music education in our schools. http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/doe-arts/ Argy Nestor, DOE Arts Consultant provides an information filled newsletter every month. All Arts are included. A must for anyone interested in what is going on in the Arts in the state of Maine!