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Seven Democratic candidates for president and one Republican candidate addressed the NEA's Representative Assembly last week. Summaries, videos and I think the speeches are now availabel at http://www.nea.org/index.html - that's the NEA home page, and once this material moves I am not sure where it will be. The Democrats all blasted the harmful consequences of the law - too much testing, teaching to the test, narrowing curriculum, etc. I have not read the full speeches to see if there are any details on what they actually proposed. Three of the Dems are on the Senate ed comm - Clinton, Dodd and Obama; and Kucinich is on the House ed comm. What any of them will do re: specific legislation in committee I do not know. They are more on the hot seat than the others who don't have to vote in committee (Biden is in Senate). Monty Monty Neill, Ed.D. Co-Executive Director FairTest 342 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 617-864-4810 fax 617-497-2224 monty@fairtest.org http://www.fairtest.org Donate: https://secure.entango.com/servlet/donate/MnrXjT8MQqk
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