From: "Phyllis T. Greenleaf" <phyllisgreenleaf@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Apr 9, 2007 12:56:19 PM US/Pacific
To: "Phyllis Greenleaf" <phyllisgreenleaf@gmail.com>,
<stefkeenan@aol.com>
Subject: Fw: personal Letters to Congress re standardized testing
experiences & No Child Left Behind policies
----- Original Message ----- Dear friends
Please share this info widely with grandparents, parents, teachers and
all folks who've
experienced the damaging impact (to learning and teaching) of No Child
Left Behind policies which
are leaving real education behind in our public schools.
The original message was sent to me by a member of
schoolvoices@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 2:39 PM
Subject: Share your experiences with Exit Exams and other high stakes
standardized tests,
"driven" by the policies of the No Child Left Behind Act,
which is
currently up for Congressional reauthorization
NCLB LETTERS TO CONGRESS PROJECT
Right now the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor and Pensions is working on the re-authorization of
the No Child Left Behind Act.
This is a good time to express your thoughts and concerns to your
elected leaders.
One way to do this is
through the "No Child Left Behind Letters to Congress Project" (of the
National Council
of Churches) on- line at
http://www.faithfulamerica.org/article.php?id=98.
There you'll find 10 letters – 10 distinct opportunities for you to
share your thinking and
experiences and recommendations re the pending
reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.
Your letter will be sent electronically according to your zip code
to your two senators
and Congressional representative. In each letter there is a
place, right in the middle, for you to insert your own story. Please
use these opportunities to share how NCLB policies ,which "drive"
high stakes standardized testing
(i.e. the Exit Exams), are affecting your grandchildren, child, or
a teacher you know, or your own school, or your community.
Each of these letters focues on one of "Ten Moral Concerns in the
Implementation of No Child Left Behind," a statement released
by the National Council of Churches last year. Please take this
opportunity to tell your own truth to your elected officials.
http://www.faithfulamerica.org/article.php?id=98
Lets stand up for all children's right to a quality public education!
Phyllis