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A study conducted in 1982 by Delehanty found that first graders learn to read and write within a few weeks when learning lessons to music.
 Sharlene Habermeyer, "Good Music, Brighter Children." (California: Prima Publishing, 1999) 135.

New Studies Support Original Findings That Music Lessons Help Improve Math Skills. In a 2000 report, Dr. Shaw (of University of California, Irvine) studied the math test scores of a group of second graders from inner-city Los Angeles who were given piano lessons twice a week for a year. Show compared the test scores of this group to the scores of elementary school students in affluent Orange County who did not receive piano lessons. The second graders from LA scored as well as fourth graders from Orange County. Half of the second graders in the study scored as well as fifth-graders in Orange County.
Sharon Begley, "Music On The Mind," Newsweek, July 24, 2000

A 1981 study by Minicucci showed that kindergarten students' basic skills achievement scores increased when music was added to the curriculum.
Jeanne Akin, "Music Makes a Difference." (Lafayette, California: Lafayette Arts and Science Foundation, 1987).

Rhythm students learn fractions easier. Researchers find music is a superior way to teach elementary students the concept of fractions. Students (2nd and 3rd graders) scored 100% higher on fractions tests who were taught using rhythm notation.
Neurological Research, March 15, 1999

Piano Boosts Student Math Achievement. Taking piano lessons and using math puzzle software significantly improves math skills of elementary school children.. The findings are significant because a grasp of proportional math and fractions is a prerequisite to math at higher levels, and children who do not master these areas of math cannot understand more advanced math critical to high-tech fields.
Neurological Research, March 15, 1999

Wisconsin District Requires Piano Lessons for K-5 Students. At the end of the school year, tests showed that the kindergartners who had the lessons scored 43 percent higher on solving puzzles and 53 percent higher on block building than those who did not have the lessons.
Karen L. Abercrombie, Education Week, October 14, 1998