EC / K-12 NEWS

• "No Child Left Behind" reauthorization info
• Preschool for All project and initiative
• "No Time to Quit," by Miles Myers
• States moving toward universal pre-school coverage (EWA article) (pdf)
• CFT Position Paper on Charter Schools (pdf)
• What CFT members can do about the state budget crisis

Sue Westbrook, president of the CFT Early Childhood/K-12 Council, traveled to Sacramento on Friday, October 5, to testify before the Assembly Education Committee hearing about the proposed Congressional reauthorization of ESEA/No Child Left Behind. Click here for a transcript of her testimony (MS Word file). Mike Weimer, photo

Tell your Senator and Congressmember to fix NCLB

On August 28, the House Education and Labor Committee released its Title I discussion draft of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization. The American Federation of Teachers submitted a detailed critique, based on the views of its membership and discussions with parents and students throughout the country.

Below you may access the letter submitted to the House Education and Labor Committee. You may also visit the AFT's NCLB: Let's Get it Right blog, and send an email to your Senator. In addition, CFT passed a resolution at the September 29, 2007 State Council meeting addressing issues involved in reauthorization of NCLB.

• "Science courses nearly extinct in elementary grades, study finds," San Francisco Chronicle, 10/25/07
• Take action: email your Senator to fix NCLB
• CFT State Council resolution on NCLB
• Model central labor council resolution on NCLB (San Mateo CLC)
• AFT letter to George Miller, Chairman, House Committee on Education and Labor
• AFT letter on pay for performance section of NCLB
• "Mr. Shanker's Lesson: The legendary teacher union leader knew the formula to make merit pay work," Los Angeles Times, 10/23/07
• AFT concerns with ESEA discussion draft, 9/16/07
• AFT testimony before House of Representatives on NCLB draft, 9/10/07
• Background and more documents on AFT's NCLB positions
• NCLB: Let's Get It Right blog