Post by tridlette on Mar 3, 2004 10:11:34 GMT -5
I got this e-mail from the author of this letter to the editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer. I was really impressed, and wanted to spread her thoughts to other parents regading the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND legislation. Feel free, as the original author says, to share it with others. Laurie
ORIGINAL TEXT FOLLOWS:
As you know the US Secretary of Education called NEA
members terrorists this past week because we have
decided to tell citizens that NCLB (ESEA)will not
improve education.
I have had some nice reaction to my letter in the
Inquirer. I am sad to see that they edited it. FYI-
below is the full original text. Feel free to use any
or all.
Kathy
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To the Editor;
I am a teacher. In my 30 year career, I have taught
Head Start, Special Education, remedial math, and
second grade. I now have the privilege to teach
Education majors at Delaware County Community College
and West Chester University.
I have taught children to read, write and compute. I
have helped them develop pride in our country and
respect for our neighbors.
I am an NEA member, a proud NEA member. I thoroughly
support the NEA and their efforts on behalf of
children and public education and that makes me a ...
terrorist?
US Secretary of Education Rod Paige called the NEA a
terrorist organization because they have the audacity
to disagree with the Administration's education
agenda. He recanted his harsh remarks, but I hope he
reconsiders his reconsideration.
PLEASE, Mr. Paige treat us like terrorists. Spend as
much on us as Iraq. Spend 100 billion dollars on our
nation's public schools.
We could fund the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), we could repair and rebuild the
nation's old and crumbling schools, making the safer,
more comfortable and technologically modern. We could
lower class size, offer full day kindergarten, and
implement programs that reduce violence in our
schools.
Yes, Mr. Paige, back up your hateful rhetoric with as
many dollars for America's children as you spend on
regime change in Iraq, and silence that big, bad NEA
and the 2.7 million members who proudly work for and
in our nation's public schools.
ORIGINAL TEXT FOLLOWS:
As you know the US Secretary of Education called NEA
members terrorists this past week because we have
decided to tell citizens that NCLB (ESEA)will not
improve education.
I have had some nice reaction to my letter in the
Inquirer. I am sad to see that they edited it. FYI-
below is the full original text. Feel free to use any
or all.
Kathy
**********************************************************************************
To the Editor;
I am a teacher. In my 30 year career, I have taught
Head Start, Special Education, remedial math, and
second grade. I now have the privilege to teach
Education majors at Delaware County Community College
and West Chester University.
I have taught children to read, write and compute. I
have helped them develop pride in our country and
respect for our neighbors.
I am an NEA member, a proud NEA member. I thoroughly
support the NEA and their efforts on behalf of
children and public education and that makes me a ...
terrorist?
US Secretary of Education Rod Paige called the NEA a
terrorist organization because they have the audacity
to disagree with the Administration's education
agenda. He recanted his harsh remarks, but I hope he
reconsiders his reconsideration.
PLEASE, Mr. Paige treat us like terrorists. Spend as
much on us as Iraq. Spend 100 billion dollars on our
nation's public schools.
We could fund the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), we could repair and rebuild the
nation's old and crumbling schools, making the safer,
more comfortable and technologically modern. We could
lower class size, offer full day kindergarten, and
implement programs that reduce violence in our
schools.
Yes, Mr. Paige, back up your hateful rhetoric with as
many dollars for America's children as you spend on
regime change in Iraq, and silence that big, bad NEA
and the 2.7 million members who proudly work for and
in our nation's public schools.
