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The Music Problem and the Specialist in Elementary Education

In some countries, the problem of what to do about elementary-school teachers who have little or no musical ability is conveniently eliminated by not allowing such candidates to become elementary-school teachers. To our public school music teachers this policy must seem to be an excellent one, since they must deal with the consequences of a system that does not have such a tidy method of eliminating this problem. However, it is hardly likely that any such restriction could or would be introduced into the USA, and this may be just as well. For, from a broader view than a strictly musical one, it seems neither wise nor fair to bar thousands of otherwise excellent teachers simply because of their lack of ability in music.