Please read the article below and respond to it in the comments section of this post. Majority of states lining up to ditch No Child Left Behind Educators say Bush-era law leads to counterproductive ‘teaching to the test’ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44693695/ns/today-education_nation/
From NEA’s “Opening Bell”: The Los Angeles Times (2/10, Watanabe) says the California Board of Education met Wednesday and the panel “put the brakes on” the parent trigger law, which “gives parents the right to force major reforms at low-performing schools.” The board “took no action on proposed regulations to implement the law but instead [...]
From NEA’s “Opening Bell”: Monty Neill, interim executive director at The National Center for Fair & Open Testing, wrote in a blog for the Washington Post (2/9), “A new USA Today/Gallup poll shows that a strong majority of Americans support a major overhaul of No Child Left Behind or total elimination of the law.” However, [...]
In a guest blog in the Washington Post, Fair Test interim executive director Monty Neill asks why Congress may be reluctant to fix NCLB when the rate of progress on NAEP tests has declined under its accountability provisions and the law causes “curriculum narrowing, intense teaching to the test, and worsening school climate.” Neill blames [...]
The Department of Education has launched a national teacher recruitment campaign featuring a new website – http://www.teach.gov/ – that provides comprehensive tools and information for those who are considering the teaching profession, including an interactive state-by-state guide on the steps to becoming a teacher. According to the Department, the site also includes “PSAs by celebrities, [...]
California Teachers Association Please follow this link to open a pdf file with more information. Speaker Nancy Pelosi San Francisco Office Phone (415) 556-4862 Washington DC Phone (202) 225-4965 Congressman George Miller Concord Office Phone (925) 602-1880 Washington DC Phone (202) 225-2095
If you are interested in seeing the text of the proposed legislation, check out edworkforce.house.gov, the site for the Committee on Education and Labor. All of their current legislation is viewable.