Baltimore City Public Schools has a music education problem.
Only 4% of the district’s elementary schools and 11% of its middle schools offer band or orchestra classes. That means most young students miss out on the cognitive and emotional benefits of learning to play an instrument — especially those in predominantly Black or low-income neighborhoods.
But city school leaders are trying to change that. Starting next fall, the district will pilot a teacher-sharing model for instrumental music education — hiring one teacher to split their time between two schools in need.
Read more (and listen) at WYPR.
