Action, Criticism & Theory for Music Education
May 2026
Kelly Bylica, Guest Editor
Sophie Ailsa Lewis, Guest Editor
Author 3, Guest editor
Lauren Kapalka Richerme, Editor
| Kelly Bylica, Sophie Ailsa Lewis, and Name Withheld | Learning to Listen While the World Shouts: Music Education, Divisive Rhetoric, and What Remains Possible | 1 | |
| Joshua Palkki, Justin Caithaml, and Shawn Kimbrel | Lacking Subtlety: A Critical Analysis of the Project 2025 Report and Impacts on Music Education | 13 | |
| Karen Salvador | Examining Music Educators' Support for the DEI Backlash | 56 | |
| Drew X. Coles and Skye E. Wright | Resonant Voices in the Borderland: The Teacher-Researcher Experience Amid Cultural and Political Turbulence in Music Education | 84 | |
| Nicholas R. McBride and Cara Faith Bernard | Artistic Empathy in Music Education: A Curricular Response for a Shifting Sociopolitical Landscape | 107 |