About NCLB

Short Articles/Materials

FEA members are preparing short articles and other materials for organizations to use in educating and mobilizing their members to support the Joint Statement and the FEA in making necessary changes to NCLB.

- grassroots letter

- accountability

- testing

27 April 2010
FEA's two-page summary of its recommendations on the reauthorization of ESEA is here.

1 February 2010
Primary Assessment Ideas from the FEA

29 September 2009
FEA submits comments to U.S. Department of Education's draft requirements for School Improvement Grants. Read the comments here.

27 August 2009

FEA submits comments responding to the draft guidelines for the Race to the Top fund. Read the FEA comments here.

8 December, 2008
Extending ESEA “Accountability” Beyond Student Performance to Measuring, Scoring, Evaluating and Reporting Implementation of Systemic Changes – A Working Paper

5 November 2007
FEA letter to Congress contrasts NCLB with FEA, explains FEA as a civil rights education agenda.

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.
 

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