News Releases/Media Advisories
20 February 2008
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions seeks
to mark up a reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind/Elementary and
Secondary Education Act early this spring.
See the letter sent to Senators from the FEA urging that there be
proper time for review of the legislation between steps in the process
to be sure that the principles of the
Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB by the FEA are addressed in any
changes to the legislation. See the Press
release.
7 January 2008
In a letter
delivered to the offices of all U.S. Senators and Representatives on the
6th anniversary of NCLB being signed into law, the Forum on Educational
Accountability wrote, “the message is loud and clear . . . the law is
not working to substantially improve learning for the students Congress
most intended to help.”
See the letter
See the Press Release
19 December 2007
See a letter sent from the FEA to
all of the candidates for the 2008 Presidential Election urging them to
overhaul NCLB
5 November 2007
FEA letter to Congress contrasts NCLB with FEA,
explains FEA as a civil rights education agenda.
3 October 2007
FEA submitted a letter to the members of
congress reminding them that any new reauthorization of NCLB must solve
the major problems in the law and meet the criteria established in the
Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB and by FEA in its legislative
recommendations.
See the letter
See the press release
19 September 2007
Most major civil rights organizations
support the use of multiple indicators and multiple assessments,
according to this FEA letter to Congress.
See the press release here.
19 September 2007
Action Alert! Keep Pressure on
Congress.
The signers of the Joint Organizational Statement on No Child Left
Behind are having a major impact! Soon the House Education Committee
will discuss and vote on a new Elementary and Secondary Education Act/NCLB.
Also see a two page summary of the
issue from the FEA.
18 September 2007
FEA
recommendations on professional development in response to House Education
Committee discussion draft, Sept. 18, 2007.
5 September, 2007
The
FEA sent separate letters to the House and Senate today calling for major
improvements to NCLB. The House letter applauds the positive changes that
have been incorporated into the latest 'discussion draft' of NCLB, but
urges additional changes based upon the principles in the Joint
Statement and FEA legislative
recommendations to ensure that the federal role becomes strongly
supportive of genuine school improvement.
See the FEA Press Release
about the letters.
See the House letter.
See the Senate letter.
28 August, 2007
A major, annual poll released today demonstrates that the public
increasingly supports a fundamental overhaul of the controversial "No
Child Left Behind" (NCLB) law. See the
press release here.
13, August, 2007
A letter sent today to the leadership of the House and Senate
Education committees calls
on Congress to include “multiple forms of assessment” and “multiple
measures or indicators of student progress” in legislation currently being
drafted to overhaul NCLB.
See the letter (PDF)
See the Press Release.
7, August, 2007
Nearly two
dozen major civil rights and disability advocacy groups today called on
Congress to include “multiple forms of assessment” and “multiple measures
or indicators of student progress” in legislation currently being drafted
to overhaul NCLB.
See the press release in HTML. (or in
PDF)
See the letter delivered to
the House and Senate Education Committees.
16 July 2007
See a letter sent from
the FEA to Ed Committee Chairman George Miller reacting to an earlier
letter he sent
to freshmen members of congress.
9 July 2007
See a letter sent from the FEA
to congress today urging members to make improvements to NCLB before
its pending reauthorization.
22 June 2007
The FEA sends a letter to Congress
rebutting claims by Sec. Spellings and Education Trust about Expert Panel
on Assessment report.
See the
letter.
14 June 2007
The Expert Panel on Assessment recommends overhaul of NCLB testing and
accountability provisions.
See the full report
See the Executive Summary
See the Press Release
12 June 2007
MEDIA ADVISORY:
There will be a news briefing to unveil
Assessment and Accountability for Improving Schools and Learning
by the Expert Panel on Assessment
Thursday, June 14,
2007 at 10:30 am in Room HC-8, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC.
Click here for more
details.
23 May 2007
The movement to overhaul "no child left behind" accelerates; 128 national
education, civil rights, religious, disability, Labor & civic groups
representing more than 50 million members Urge replacing failed test-score
sanctions with systematic reforms via the the joint statement sent to
Congress calling for major changes in No Child Left Behind Law.
See the latest press release
here.
26 March 2007
EdWeek has published an article about FEA.It's
available without registration until at least April 15 at: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/02/23/25nclb.h26.html
Also see EdWeek's article
on AFT/NEA and Joint Statement: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/03/21/28nclb.h26.html
23 March, 2007
A report on the FIXING No Child Left Behind event held earlier
in March is posted at the website of the National Council of
Churches.
You can access the report at either of these urls...
http://www.ncccusa.org/nmu/mce/nclbreport.html
http://www.ncccusa.org/nmu/mce/educaministr.html
19 February, 2007
National News Briefing to unveil the Forum on Educational Accountability's
Redefining Accountability: Improving Student Learning by Building
Capacity
News Release
Recommendations
(PDF)
Full
Report (PDF)
03 January, 2007
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NATIONAL EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS & DISABILITY
GROUPS CALL FOR OVERHAUL OF FEDERAL"NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND"
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