Re: alliance to 'strengthen' nclb

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From: Kenneth Bernstein <kber@earthlink.net>
To: arn-l@interversity.org
Sent: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 1:52 pm
Subject: Re: [arn-l] alliance to 'strengthen' nclb

they lose it on their first principle  :  "All students have the 
ability to
learn and to reach grade-level
proficiency in core academic subjects. "

including severely developmentally disabled kids?  No exceptions, not 
even the
2% that Spellings is willing to give?  This is trash.

I am not surprised to see Ed Trust in this mix.  But why La Raza?

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La Raza hears from Hispanic parents and from other parents how schools 
have under-estimated and consequently under-served their children.  La 
Raza also knows that states are not falling all over themselves to 
spend more money on behalf of language-minority children.  La Raza and 
the other groups in that coalition know and history teaches that if the 
door is open to leaving children behind, surely they will be left 
behind.

Art




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