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September 17, 2007

NEA's Work on ESEA/NCLB Drafts a First Step--WE NEED YOU!

ESEA/NCLB Reauthorization Drafts Needs Member Action!

Take Action
Keep the pressure on House panel members

At the national level


NEA speaks out against NCLB draft language
NEA submits comments on Title I draft
State, local leaders join in lobbying on ESEA/NCLB
Goal for reauthorization should be substance, not speed
How are other organizations reacting to the proposal?

In the states

Two studies highlight issues with HQ teachers under NCLB
Poll shows public increasingly views NCLB unfavorably
Kozol fasting for major changes to NCLB
Voice from the Classroom: Waltham, Massachusetts
Posted by Thespis at 9/17/2007 07:40:00 PM

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NEA Peace & Justice Caucus will advocate that the NEA works to:

  • Reduce violence.
  • Promote tolerance.
  • Increase awareness of basic human and civil rights.
  • Support the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively.
  • Work for world peace & disarmament.
  • Reduce the military budget and increase funding for education and other social needs.

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  • OFFICERS
  • CHAIR: Elise Robillard
  • VICE CHAIR: Noam Gundle
  • TREASURER: Walter Domeika
  • SECRETARY: Nancy Porter
  • REGIONAL DIRECTORS
  • NORTHEAST: Dr. Gayle Nelson
  • MIDWEST: Tom Wolfe
  • Mid-Atlantic: Lisa Petry-Kirk
  • PACIFIC: Mohammed Anegbeode
  • SOUTHEAST: Diccie Smith
  • WEST: Caleb Allison
  • DESIGNATED COORDINATORS
  • BOOTH: Sari Kulberg
  • BOOTH: Gretchen Lipow
  • FLOOR STRATEGY: Toby Spenceer
  • ISSUES: Bill Balderston
  • MEMBERSHIP CO-CHAIR: Jane Walling
  • MEMBERSHIP CO-CHAIR: Stacey Kimberlin
  • NEWSLETTER: Sharon Lucero
  • PAUL MANN YOUTH ACTIVISM AWARD: Mary Prophet

PROMOTE TOLERANCE

  • Fair Trade Cocoa Unit for Kids
  • Fair Trade and Cooperative Economics
  • Teaching Tolerance
  • Peace and Justice Classroom Resources

INCREASE AWARENESS OF BASIC HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS

  • The Road to Peace
  • Southern Poverty Law Center
  • ONE Campaign
  • Amnesty International- Irrepressible Campaign
  • Save Darfur

SUPPORT THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS TO ORGANIZE AND BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY

  • Workers Rights Consortium

WORK FOR WORLD PEACE AND DISARMAMENT

  • Minnesota 2020
  • Discover Human Rights
  • World Peace Prayer Society
  • United for Peace
  • Peace One Day

REDUCE THE MILITARY BUDGET AND INCREASE FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AND OTHER SOCIALS NEEDS

  • U.S. Spending by the Numbers

Great Peace Websites to Visit

  • Amnesty International
  • Culture of Peace Initiative
  • Dalailama of Tibet
  • The Martin Luther King Center

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