DOZENS OF GROUPS PROTEST LOWERING OF TEACHER STANDARDS
CONTACT: Tim Ebner, CommunicationWorks, 202-955-9450, x317
Wynn Hausser, Public Advocates, 415-431-7430 x304; 650-619-1032
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DOZENS OF GROUPS PROTEST LOWERING OF TEACHER STANDARDS
Organizations Join Forces in Urging Obama Administration, Congress to Reverse Course
Washington, D.C. – In an urgent letter sent Thursday to President Obama and key Congressional leaders, more than fifty organizations from across the country -- including civil rights, disability, parent, student, community and education groups -- criticized a provision signed into law last month lowering teaching standards required under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The provision allows thousands of underprepared and inexperienced teachers to continue to be assigned disproportionately to low-income, minority, special education, and English language learner students and denies parents notification of the teachers’ underprepared status.
Intended to overturn a recent civil rights ruling won by low-income students and parents of color in the Ninth
Wynn Hausser, Public Advocates, 415-431-7430 x304; 650-619-1032
See end of release for organizational contacts available for comment
DOZENS OF GROUPS PROTEST LOWERING OF TEACHER STANDARDS
Organizations Join Forces in Urging Obama Administration, Congress to Reverse Course
Washington, D.C. – In an urgent letter sent Thursday to President Obama and key Congressional leaders, more than fifty organizations from across the country -- including civil rights, disability, parent, student, community and education groups -- criticized a provision signed into law last month lowering teaching standards required under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The provision allows thousands of underprepared and inexperienced teachers to continue to be assigned disproportionately to low-income, minority, special education, and English language learner students and denies parents notification of the teachers’ underprepared status.
Intended to overturn a recent civil rights ruling won by low-income students and parents of color in the Ninth