Re: telling the Feds to kiss off

[aburke5054@aol.com]

Funny thing about those lawsuits.  The NAACP argued in federal court in 
Connecticut that states should enforce the letter and spirit of NCLB.  
Just recently NAACP and other civil rights groups petitioned the 
Appeals Court to reject the "unfunded mandate" argument in the 
NEA/Pontiac case.  It's almost like they don't buy the argument that 
NCLB harms poor children and minority children and is destroying public 
education.  Set them straight Lucido and Campbell.

Art

-----Original Message-----
From: MONICALUCIDO@comcast.net
To: arn-l@interversity.org
Sent: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:28 pm
Subject: Re: [arn-l] telling the Feds to kiss off

La Gunitas Unified in CA

Lindsay Unified in CA

An opt out campaign is going to be initiated by CalCARE (see their 
website) and
Educators and PArents Against Test Abuse in CA. The March 28-29 Chavez 
Literacy
conference at Fresno State will be a day of information and a sort of 
"kick
off".

Joe Lucido
EPATA
California
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Peter Campbell <campbellp@mail.montclair.edu>
> I need your help. I'm writing a piece on what various states and
> districts are doing RE: rejecting NCLB either by forgoing Title 1
> money, suing the Feds, refusing to administer tests, or other ways.
>
> Here are some examples:
>
> - DuPage County Illinois school district considering not
> administering mandatory state exams to students who haven't yet
> mastered English
>
> - The state of Connecticut is bucking NCLB via a lawsuit - anyone
> know the status of this?
>
> - Virginia is on the verge of pulling out, too - status?
>
> - the lawsuit that the NEA brought against the Feds, which was
> initially thrown out of court, is now back in play - status?
>
> - And then there's Utah - status?
>
> What are some other examples?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Peter