About the Center for MIE
The Center for Music-in-Education (CMIE) is comprised of a Research & Development Center (MIERDC), a National Consortium (MIENC), and an active Learning Laboratory School Network (LLSN). The CMIE provides expert consultant services and access to research, publications, program development frameworks, program development guidance, learning technology assistance, and materials, documentation, and evaluation tools relevant to K-12 school communities dedicated to music-in-education principles and practices applied to arts and academic disciplines.
Centrally located and managed at the Metropolitan Opera Guild offices, the CMIE builds on its past record of establishing innovative Music PLUS Music Integration Practices for the MIENC as a strategic priority for improving school culture and performance. As our regional centers establish new partnership sites and disseminate practices within and across school districts, the following questions will be addressed:
- What are the most important factors of continuity and sustainability of MIE practices in Laboratory School programs?
- What factors of program development and impact must be documented and tested in order to proceed effectively with the dissemination of LLSN work in regional centers?
The Music-in-Education Research and Development Center will a) guide action research processes in regional centers, b) oversee MIENC research design, data collection processes, and development of school digital portfolios, program development reports, program development materials, and research reports, c) convene conferences, pre-professional and professional development programs, and d) conduct basic and applied research in funded projects in inter-related areas of music, arts, academic and social-personal learning both within and outside the MIENC.
Currently the CMIE is committed to the development of a nation-wide Multiple Early Literacies Development (MELD) project, designed to focus on music as a catalyst for integrated approach to music, math, language arts literacy skill development for K-8 students.
Our Mission
To provide comprehensive research and evaluation services for schools, arts organizations, foundations, and other learning organizations focused on music and the arts’ essential role and impact in education.
Our Objectives
- Advance the scope, relevance and quality of Research in the field of Music and Arts in Education.
- Combine practitioner, action research with experimental methods in school settings for the sake of both program evaluation and research
- Make relevant research accessible to practitioners
- Allow public access to web and print publications