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Musical Thread

In this episode of NJEA’s Classroom Close-up, elementary, middle, and high school music teachers collaborate to form a musical thread tying students’ experiences together as they progress through the school system.  They are practicing what they call “vertical alignment,” a system for communicating about and collaborating on lesson plans across the different aged schools. They hope that other academic subject areas will adopt similar practices to ensure that students are prepared for the next steps in their education.