Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Schools Matter: Please pay attention to the LEARN Act

Schools Matter: Please pay attention to the LEARN Act

Please pay attention to the LEARN Act

Posted on the NCTE Connected Community, May 24

The NCTE Inbox (May 24) confirmed NCTE's official support for the LEARN Act and urged members to pitch in and call their Senator to support the Act. I posted my letter opposing the LEARN Act, which was published in the Seattle Times. Today (May 24), Valerie Strauss in her Answer Sheet blog in the Washington Post carried an expanded version of my critique of the LEARN Act. Please check it out at:http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-learn-act-an-expensive-mistake/2011/05/23/AFG4569G_blog.html

This is a big one, colleagues. As NCTE points out, LEARN is a “comprehensive literacy policy sustains