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I am becoming frustrated with the school budget cuts in Iowa and how Iowa has forced schools to cut music programs so now many teachers are facing the reality that they will be teaching at two schools; basically doing the job of two people for half the money. I don't think that music education will look very inviting to young musicians because of the heavy workload placed on music teachers now and in the future. Is the outlook better anywhere else?

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Comment by Denise Stewart on March 24, 2010 at 8:25pm: California is dying also. Summer school is a thing of the past for many districts. Also, many schools are either in state take over or close to it. When a district goes into SAT,students get 3 periods of English, 2 of math, and 1 PE. What incentive is there to come to school? Music, art, foreign languages, and any other elective will fall by the wayside. High school dropout rates have increased and university students are re-thinking obtaining a degree since the state has upped tuition again and the feds are limiting financial support. When will this country realize that unless we educate our youth who go on to college to pursue degrees in white collar jobs sorely needed by this country, we will again, as with oil, become dependent on foreign countries to fill our voids. This type of dependency will turn out to be a disaster for America's future.

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