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  • How rising instrument costs are squeezing a Beaverton elementary music classroom

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โ€ข Soaring instrument prices could stop the music at many schools (inquirer.com) โ€” A Beaverton elementary music teacher is struggling to afford basic instruments, even considering 3D-printed ukuleles, as tariffs and inflation drive up prices. Her classroom in a Beaverton school runs on grants and donations, illustrating how national trade policies and shrinking education budgets are directly squeezing local music programs and limiting students' access to instruments.
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