It’s time for lawmakers to listen to parents!
National parent group reaches out to Congress on ESEA, demanding less testing and privatization and more proven, effective reforms
As Congress considers the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, aka No Child Left Behind), Parents Across America, a national network of public school parents, will be calling on our U. S. Senators and Congressmen this week to share our concerns about the direction of federal education policy, and offer our proposals in a new position paper (attached).
Members of Parents Across America (PAA) are concerned that education reform in this nation is going in the wrong direction, and dangerously eroding our children’s opportunity to realize their potential and experience a quality education.
“It’s time to stop doing things that don’t work, like expanding charter schools and testing, and to start doing more of those things that improve education and student outcomes, like