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Music Creates Wonder and Learning

"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union..." I heard these words for the first time in a song when I was a kid. I was pouring a glass of orange juice in the kitchen when I heard it. Bugs Bunny had ended. I was waiting for Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids to begin. There was the familiar refrain of Schoolhouse Rock in between those cartoons. "As your body grows bigger, your mind grows flowered, it's great to learn 'cause knowledge is power!" And there it was—the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (or at least a paraphrase of it) in song. I learned it and never forgot it.
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Adrienne van der Valk

Adrienne van der Valk began her career in social work, advocating for homeless and runaway youth and survivors of sexual violence. Her graduate studies led her to political science and journalism, and she has been using her editorial skills in a variety of social justice settings ever since. She served as deputy director for Teaching Tolerance for many years before moving on to become the communications director for the Center for Genetics and Society. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Grinnell College and master’s degrees in political science and magazine journalism from the
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Marilyn Vogel

Marilyn Vogel, Ph.D. is a science educator and course designer at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. She enjoys reading science philosophy, playing various fretted musical instruments, and studying ballet. Her writing on science, education, and the environment appears sporadically on academic and non-academic platforms. She has recently matriculated in an environmental chaplaincy training program offered through the Sati Center for Buddhist studies.
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Dianna Minor

Dianna Minor is an education writer and consultant. Her professional experience includes literacy curriculum and instruction at the secondary and collegiate level. She earned her BA in English/Political Science at the University of Alabama and MA in Education at the University of West Alabama.