Fixing "No Child Left Behind"

I received the following e-mail from Janice Ressenger UCC minister for pulic education. It is about the preparation for the reauthorization of the "No Child Left Behind" act. I hope that some of you will be able to attend this meeting in the Washington DC area or if not take action by writing your Congressman and Senators to express your feelings as to how this act is affecting the education of your children.

CHECK OUT THIS EXCITING MARCH 9 EVENT to prepare justice the No Child Left Behind Reauthorization Debate!

The National Council of Churches Committee on Public Education and Literacy has planned a wonderful event to proceed Ecumenical Advocacy Days: FIXING No Child Left Behind. The event will happen in Washington, DC on Friday, March 9, from 10:00 AM until 4:30 PM. Actual site is the DoubleTree Crystal City in Arlington, VA --- the Ecumenical Advocacy Days hotel site.

For an event flyer and/or to register, go to: http://www.ucctakeaction.org/site/c.9eIBJKNoHlE/b.1539025/k.A2FA/Public_Education.htm . Scholarships up to $200 are being offered (according to need) to help defray expenses of participants (see event flyer).

You will find top speakers including policy advocates and public school teachers and administrators, and you will have the opportunity to strategize with others about witnessing for justice during the Congressional debate this year as NCLB comes up for reauthorization.

While this event precedes Ecumenical Advocacy Days (http://www.advocacydays.org/) and while it is being sponsored by the National Council of Churches, you are welcome as a person of any faith or of no faith.

This is one more effort of the NCC Committee on Public Education and Literacy to educate and empower faith based public education advocates, following the earlier efforts of the committee on this issue:
Ten Moral Concerns in the Implementation of NCLB: http://www.ncccusa.org/pdfs/LeftBehind.pdf
Questions for Senators and Congressional Representatives: http://www.ncccusa.org/pdfs/questionsaboutnochildbehind.pdf
NCLB Congressional Letter-Writing Campaign: http://www.faithfulamerica.org/article.php?id=91
Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB: http://www.ucc.org/justice/education/nclbjoint.pdf
We hope you'll attend FIXING No Child Left Behind on March 9. If you can't, please help us spread the word.

--Jan


Jan Resseger, Minister for Public Education and Witness
United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries
700 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115-1100
216-736-3711

The flyer for this event will be posted on the UCC bulletin board and on Christ Church website.
Jeannette Brown