Selected Media Coverage

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(This page contains media references to my research and teaching.

It also contains Letters to Editors).

 

The Pioneer, Long Island University, April, 2019

Cultural Vision of Ed Doctoral Program

 

University World News, December, 2016

Building an innovation culture via the Bologna Process 

 

Sirius XM Satellite Radio

Guest on ‘Doctor Radio Show’

December, 2015, March 2013, November, 2011, October, 2010,

http://www.sirius.com/doctorradio

 

Daily Herald

Music pays off in other areas, March 17, 2014

 

Men’s Health 

Be a better dad in 2013, January 2013

 

US News & World Report

The Art of Building STEM Professionals, June 28, 2012

 

Great Dads web site

Music will make your kids smarter, February 2011

 

Education Week (Commentary)

Charting a better course for business and education, January, 2011

 

Parents Magazine

Arts Smarts, September, 2010

 

Psychology Today

Music Lessons, June 1, 2010

 

Education Week (Commentary)

Going from STEM to STEAM, March, 2010

 

Men’s Health

Why music makes kids smarter

 

The National: UAE

Tuned into success, November, 2009

 

The Chattanooga Times Free Press

Art, music programs struggle to survive, September 18, 2009

 

The Augusta Chronicle

Orchestra suffers more cuts as schools redirect focus, August 24, 2009

 

Mumbai  Mirror

Learning music improves reading skills in children, March 18, 2009

 

Pacific Standard

Music education improves literacy in second graders, March 19, 2009

 

The Hindustan Times

Music can enhance kids’ reading skills, March 17, 2009

 

Swedish Daily (Svenska Dagbladet)

Music enhances the brain’s capacity, March 30, 2009

 

India edunews

Children tutored in music have superior reading skills, March 16, 2009

 

 

Letters to Editors

 

Piro, J.M. (2015, August 27). Raising the underperforming at the cost of the talented, The Wall  Street Journal, Letter to the Editor, p. A14

 

Piro, J.M. (2014, June 29). Admissions criteria to top city schools, The New York Times, Letter to the Editor, p. A15.

 

Piro, J.M. (2012, April 2). Strong schools boost our national security, The Wall Street Journal, Letter to the Editor, p. A15.

 

Piro, J.M. (2005, August 25). Gifted, yes---but also underchallenged, The Wall Street Journal,  Letter to the Editor, p. A14.