Meet Our New SOS Steering Committee and News from the NCTE
Amy Daroszeski Bob George Ceresta Smith Deb Meier
Don “Bart” Bartalo Emily Crum Jesse Turner Ken Bernstein
Mike Klonsky Nancy Flanagan Peggy Robertson Raynard Sanders
Sherick Hughes
Many thanks to all who have given hours of their time and made this election a success; there has been considerable effort to ensure that this process was fair and transparent — where all have an equal voice in determining the future of Save Our Schools. This is no easy task when our members are scattered across the country. Today is an exciting day for Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action. We are one step further in our mission to “Put the Public back in Public Schools!”
And another big thank you to all of the candidates who were willing to be nominated and willing to serve.
Wonderful news from the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English), which held a convention in Chicago these last few days. The NCTE passed a resolution calling on the Obama administration and the two groups involved in developing the Common Core State Standards to “end high stakes testing and the evaluation of teachers and schools based on students’ test scores” and to instead “support classroom-based assessment of students and to evaluate teachers based of measures such as observations, portfolios, parent response as well as student achievement as measured by ‘curriculum-based authentic assessments.’”
You will be proud to know that several members of SOS, who are also members of the NCTE, worked long and hard to write this resolution and to get it passed. Cheers and many thanks to both groups!
Here’s how you can help SOS follow the lead of the NCTE. If you are a member of a professional educational organization or association, you can be of great assistance in one of two ways. You can apply to be a presenter at your group’s next convention, and, if accepted, you speak about Save Our Schools and its initiatives. You can also work with SOS members — or other like-minded members — within your organization to pass resolutions which support our four guiding principles. Email us at saveourschoolsmarch@gmail.com and we will provide resources to help you.
ESEA/NCLB Hearings:
Act Now By Contacting Your Congressmen. Click HERE for more information.
Click HERE for access to a link with additional information. You can also watch a video of the proceedings and obtain the list of witnesses.
