Support Quality Education by Signing This Petition

[LWolf]

to Overhaul No Child Left Behind

FairTest will use the following petition in public education efforts and to influence policymakers:

"Every child in our country needs and deserves a high-quality education. The federal "No Child Left Behind" law, while proclaiming this goal, is in fact doing the opposite. NCLB is leaving millions of young people behind, disrupting school districts, undermining the democratic oversight of our children’s education, and setting back the quality of public education.

* Reduce reliance on standardized, one-size-fits-all testing as the principal measure of student and school progress. Do not make decisions based only on test scores. Promote authentic assessments for students and schools including multiple ways for students to demonstrate their knowledge, primarily on the basis of their daily classroom work.

* Implement a high-quality accountability system that will help schools improve and fully address achievement gaps. Replace the rigid and unrealistic "Adequate Yearly Progress" rules which will label most schools in the country as failures, even those that are high-achieving or steadily improvi"ng, and subject them to severe and unhelpful sanctions.

* Prevent privatization of public education through vouchers and similar plans.

* Fully fund our public schools at the level necessary to provide an excellent education for all our children."

The whole text of the petition is passed on with the permission of FairTest. I've been following their efforts for a couple of years now and fully support them.


http://www.fairtest.org/petition/start.php?id=1

[DebJ]

1. link?

[LWolf]

2. duh.

That's what I get for posting at 4:30 am. :eyes:

Here ya go:

http://www.fairtest.org/petition/start.php?id=1

[GettysbergII]

3. National Mobilization for Great Public Schools 9-22 Event

I'm a public school teacher. My wife and I hosted a National Mobilization for Great Public Schools house party tonight. Had about 20 teachers and ten parents/friends/neighbors gather to mobilize. Really great time sharing our thoughts and outrage. I wonder if the general public has any idea how completely disgusted and demoralized public school teachers and principals are by the NCLB pogram?

Did anyone else go to or host a house party? If not and you haven't signed the
National Mobilization for Great Public Schools petition, you can still do so at their website:

http://www.greatpublicschools.org/site/pp....JKTNKE&b=131226