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Which article are you evaluating?
Music education

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because music education was the common denominator for most of my article interests from last week's assignment. Music education is my professional field so it seemed like a logical place to start. Within the first two paragraphs I found grammatical errors and a lack of citations. I can see why the article is rated C-class, which means it's probably useful to a casual reader but has gaps.

Evaluate the article
I felt the lead section to the music education article was meandering. There were grammatical errors (e.g., "curriculums") and a lack of citations on various topics such as learning domains, benefits of music education on standardized testing, the universality of music education in the human experience, and more. I found the article out of date with regards to its discussion of hip hop within music education. Hip hop was only mentioned once within a Latin American context with a citation from 2012. There is much more to be offered on this topic and this represents an equity gap.

The tone of the article is biased in its uncritical discussion of music education. While there is some coverage of inter-music education controversy (e.g. the national anthem and nationalism/militarism), the history and benefits of music education are laid out without being questioned deeply. American and European approaches and developments in music education are overemphasized.

The citations I checked were functional and most sources supported the relevant claims from the article. Many facts in this page are uncited. Citations in the article include many peer reviewed articles, press articles, social media music education groups, books, and more. The array of citations, while lacking in the text, are mostly diverse.

It seems the last wave of comments on the talk page date back to 2006. Many complain about the lack of scope. The music education page was part of a course in 2021.