Our Advocacy Agenda
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Our primary focus in the federal policy arena is on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Read our comments to the Senate HELP committee on ESEA reauthorization, and click the links below to learn more about our work in each area.
To stay up to date on our advocacy work, check this space frequently, go to our Formal Testimony and Comments page, and download our Data Points and Facts Sheets.
- An accountability system that sets clear goals about improvement and gap-closing but provides states with new flexibility, rewards success, and quickly transforms troubled schools.
- High standards and high-quality assessments.
- Action to ensure equitable access to effective teachers and leaders.
- High-quality instructional tools to help teachers teach to the new, higher standards.
- Equitable funding for all schools within a district.
- Aggressive and appropriate mechanisms to turn around our lowest performing schools.
- Public information and reporting so that there are no mysteries about the quality of our schools, teachers, and leaders.
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW
(Check back regularly)
- We've analyzed the student demographics in all states that won Race to the Top grants. (August 26)
- Read about our efforts to close the Title I comparability loophole and the letter from dozens of organizations that support HR 5071, a bill introduced by Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) that would ensure fair funding for the kids that need it most. (July 29)
- Read our guide to newly approved state graduation rate accountability plans. (May 25)
