Educators Hit the Hill to Close Gaps & Rewrite ESEA
ASCD educators are in Washington this week, seizing the opportunity to shape education for the next decade, if not longer. Along with specific objectives in their own states, these educators will bring tenets of the just-released 2011 ASCD Legislative Agenda to meetings with their state representatives.
It includes emphasis on well-rounded, career- and college-ready students, whole child education, multiple measures (not just multiple tests) of student achievement, closing international and domestic achievement gaps, and a complete rewrite of ESEA.
Also, the Legislative Agenda notably calls for a major shift in approach to U.S. education policy. "Currently, schools that make AYP get a pat on the back, and those that don't get punished, said ASCD Policy Director David Griffith at last night's
