BILL OF RIGHTS REVISED

[Harold Berlak <hberlak@yahoo.com>]

I revised and edited the Bill of Rights based on  very useful  
feedback and suggestions from several sources.  While the changes are  
few, they are clarifying and important.   Deborah Meier among others  
have indicated strong support. She is also among those who provided  
feedback.

 If you want a copy you can email me. ( Subject; Bill of Rights)

Please circulate and post  the document preferably without  
attribution because it is important in my view that the focus be in  
on the Bill of rights and not the individuals or organizations that  
were responsible for writing the initial draft.

We need to keep in mind that this remains  a work in progress,  a  
long way from being translated into legislation.  Whatever happens to  
the NCLB reauthorization, (and I don't expect very much) we need to  
press forward to get a version of these protections enacted. We need  
to hold  our public officials  accountable for their continuing  
support of laws , federal and state, that are undermining public  
education and inflicting  grievous harm on a generation of  children  
and  on the teachers who teach them.

There is nothing in the proposed remedies  that's radical' nor  
unprecedented  --unless one  views the protection of  civil rights ,  
due process, and equal protection of the law as radical.


Susan Ohanian just informed me that the revised version can be found  
on her web site.   I've also suggested  that CalCARE  add it to   
their site.

NOTE;  The up-to-date version is v1.3 and is so marked.


Harold