Support the Student Bill of Rights and an equitable chance to learn!
Jun 7, 2011 No Comments ›› leoniehaimson
Below is a press release sent yesterday from the office of Congressman Chaka Fattah, Second District of Pennsylvania, about a letter many of our organizations sent to his office in support of his reintroduction of the Student Bill of Rights Act, posted here: The Student Bill of Rights, H.R. 129.
Rep. Fattah has been a long champion of the federal government’s working with states to address very serious resource disparities between school districts that mean some children are provided the conditions needed for learning and other children are denied the opportunity to learn. Opportunity gaps created by the amount and type of taxable property from school district to school district are a primary factor in the test score achievement
