LDF Takes a Stand for Teacher Quality and Equity in ESEA Reauthorization | The Defenders Online | A Civil Rights Blog

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LDF Takes a Stand for Teacher Quality and Equity in ESEA Reauthorization

Posted By The Editors | October 19th, 2011 (2 hours ago) | Category: Education | No Comments » Print This Post

LDF joined more than eighty civil rights, disability, parent, student, grassroots and education organizations from across the country to urge Congress not to turn back the clock on teacher quality gains for poor and minority students, English Learners, and students with disabilities as it considers reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently known as “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB).

In a letter to Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Michael Enzi (R-WY), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor and Pensions and co-sponsors of a bill to reauthorize the ESEA, the coalition urged that the revised ESEA require teachers to complete a minimum level of training and demonstrate competence