Public schools in Lebanon, Troy, and Kettering won the National Association of Music Merchants' (NAMM) award for Best Communities for Music Education.
There were 527 winners across the country, 36 of which were in Ohio, which is slightly more than 5% of all the state's school districts.
The award is given to districts that work hard to include music education in their schools. Researchers from the University of Kansas and NAMM evaluate districts and schools based on access to instruction in music, their commitment to standards, the number of qualified teachers available, and the funding given to the effort.
This is the fourth year in a row that Lebanon has won the award, according to Will Kuhn, who is the district's music coordinator. He said the schools in Lebanon start including music in the curriculum in the elementary grades, and added that the school district has one of the nation's biggest high school-level Music Technology programs. The program includes over 300 students per year, and its percussion group has twice won world championships.
Kuhn also noted that a great many more students in this district participate in music than is found nationwide. Locally, some 65% of students take a music course at some point in high school, while the average in the U.S. is 20%.
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