Patrick Schmidt is Chair of Music Education at Western University, Canada. His innovative work in policy studies, critical pedagogy, and urban music education is recognized nationally and internationally. He serves in several editorial boards and is widely published in national and international journals. Beyond his scholarly work, Schmidt led several consulting and evaluative projects including recent work for the National Young Arts Foundation, and the New World Symphony in the USA, as well as for the Ministry of Culture and Education in Chile. He co-edited the Oxford Handbook for Social Justice and Music Education.Richard Colwell is Professor Emeritus of Music Education at the University of Illinois and the New England Conservatory of Music. He is the founding editor of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education and the Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning. He is also a Guggenheim scholar and a member of MENC's Hall of Fame.

[It] not only provides the general readership with a well-rounded basis for comprehending music education policy in various regions, but it also offers music education stakeholders' perspectives regarding the meaning, value, and the importance of participating in policy development and its implementation ... This book provides comprehensive academic insights. It would be not only an entry point of readers' approach on music education policy, but also a scholastic discourse for further debate and research.

• About the Companion Website Foreword - Peter WebsterIntroduction - Patrick Schmidt & Richard Colwell Part I. Policy Foundations1. Why Policy Matters: Developing a Policy Vocabulary within Music Education, Patrick Schmidt 2. Arts Policies and their local importance: From History to Practice, Richard Colwell 3. The Context of Education Policy in the United States and the Intersection with Music Education Policy, Ross Rubenstein 4. Policy and Research Endeavours, Katherine Zeserson and Graham Welch 5. Policy and the Question of Assessment, Martin Fautley Part II. International Perspectives on Policy6. Revisiting Bildung And Its Meaning For International Music Education Policy, Alexandra Kertz-Welzel 7. Policy and Governmental Action in Brazil, Sergio Figueiredo8. Music Education for Both the Talented and the Masses: The Policy of Assessment-Based Reform, Mei-Ling Lai and Yao-Ting Sung9. Curriculum as Policy: State-Level Music Curriculum Creation and Reform, Stephanie Horsley Part III. Policy in Context10. Policy and the Lives of School Age Children, Margaret Barrett11. Policy and the Work of the Musician/Teacher in the Community, David Myers12. Policy, Access and Multicultural (Music) Education, Sidsel Karlsen 13. Can Music Education Policy Save American Orchestras? Alan Fletcher14. Policy and Higher Education, Patrick M. Jones15. K-16 Music Education in a Democratic Society, Robert A. Cutietta

Patrick Schmidt is Chair of Music Education at Western University, Canada. His innovative work in policy studies, critical pedagogy, and urban music education is recognized nationally and internationally. He serves in several editorial boards and is widely published in national and international journals. Beyond his scholarly work, Schmidt led several consulting and evaluative projects including recent work for the National Young Arts Foundation, and the New World Symphony in the USA, as well as for the Ministry of Culture and Education in Chile. He co-edited the Oxford Handbook for Social Justice and Music Education.Richard Colwell is Professor Emeritus of Music Education at the University of Illinois and the New England Conservatory of Music. He is the founding editor of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education and the Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning. He is also a Guggenheim scholar and a member of MENC's Hall of Fame.

[It] not only provides the general readership with a well-rounded basis for comprehending music education policy in various regions, but it also offers music education stakeholders' perspectives regarding the meaning, value, and the importance of participating in policy development and its implementation ... This book provides comprehensive academic insights. It would be not only an entry point of readers' approach on music education policy, but also a scholastic discourse for further debate and research.

• About the Companion Website Foreword - Peter WebsterIntroduction - Patrick Schmidt & Richard Colwell Part I. Policy Foundations1. Why Policy Matters: Developing a Policy Vocabulary within Music Education, Patrick Schmidt 2. Arts Policies and their local importance: From History to Practice, Richard Colwell 3. The Context of Education Policy in the United States and the Intersection with Music Education Policy, Ross Rubenstein 4. Policy and Research Endeavours, Katherine Zeserson and Graham Welch 5. Policy and the Question of Assessment, Martin Fautley Part II. International Perspectives on Policy6. Revisiting Bildung And Its Meaning For International Music Education Policy, Alexandra Kertz-Welzel 7. Policy and Governmental Action in Brazil, Sergio Figueiredo8. Music Education for Both the Talented and the Masses: The Policy of Assessment-Based Reform, Mei-Ling Lai and Yao-Ting Sung9. Curriculum as Policy: State-Level Music Curriculum Creation and Reform, Stephanie Horsley Part III. Policy in Context10. Policy and the Lives of School Age Children, Margaret Barrett11. Policy and the Work of the Musician/Teacher in the Community, David Myers12. Policy, Access and Multicultural (Music) Education, Sidsel Karlsen 13. Can Music Education Policy Save American Orchestras? Alan Fletcher14. Policy and Higher Education, Patrick M. Jones15. K-16 Music Education in a Democratic Society, Robert A. Cutietta