A PAA welcome to new members of the Senate HELP Committee
by pureparents
We just sent the following letter to Senators-elect Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tammy Baldwin(D-WI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) who will be new members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee:
December 20, 2012
Dear Senator-elect:
Congratulations on your election! There are so many challenges ahead and we wish you the best as you begin your term.
We are a grass-roots network of activist public school parents from all across the U.S. We will be in touch with you regularly to share our concerns and recommendations for ways that the federal government can support and strengthen our cherished public schools so that every child receives a high-quality education.
In brief, Parents Across America supports:
• Sufficient and equitable resources in all public schools, so that every child receives a high-quality education.
• Improving schools rather than closing them, by means of evidence-based solutions backed by
