Re: cautious celebration today

[Free2teach1@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/8/2006 11:34:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
campbellp@mail.montclair.edu writes:

Such  bipartisanship got us in the mess we are in now. What 
we need is someone  with a spine, who knows the issues related to public 
education, and who  will fight for the rights of children.




Peter,
 
On target as usual. Dems are still clueless about real damage being  
inflicted by NCLB and look for them to push national standards, growth  models and 
full funding. After attending PDK meeting in DC and meeting with a  Menendez 
staffer , it's quite obvious there is still a huge disconnect between  policy 
makers and educators. 
 
 
Also, with Rummy gone and Iraq officially declared a fiasco, Bush is  digging 
his heels in on NCLB -- holding it up as a great example of bi-partisan  
legislation and cooperation. 
 

The good news is, now that a modicum of sanity has been restored,  there is a 
window of opportunity for the organizations and individuals  opposed to NCLB 
to be heard. 
 
Judy
 
 
 
 
Judy  Rabin

Given the existence of an idealized vision of the community,  movements of 
protest are likely to occur within the political nation when the  discrepancy 
between the image and the reality comes to seem intolerably  wide.

--   J.H. Elliott