CALL TODAY AND SEND A SIMPLE, URGENT MESSAGE TO YOUR LEGISLATORS.
TELL YOUR SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE TO VOTE NO ON S2247.
THE SENATE IS GOING INTO SESSION TO VOTE ON THE EDUCATION BILL, WHICH HAS JUST COME OUT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
IF S2247 IS PASSED BY THE SENATE, IT WILL THEN GO TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES!
A QUICK READING INDICATES THAT IT IS THE WORST OF BOTH BILLS – MORE CHARTER SCHOOL PRIVATIZATION AND MORE ANTI-TEACHER PROVISIONS.
ENCOURAGING PRIVATE MANAGEMENT OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TAKING BASIC RIGHTS FROM OUR TEACHERS DOES NOT HELP CHILDREN LEARN:
* IT DOES NOT ENSURE ADEQUATE RESOURCES BUT DIVERTS FUNDS FROM THE MOST NEEDY STUDENTS.
* IT MOVES US TOWARD A TWO-TIER SCHOOL SYSTEM.
* IT DOES NOTHING TO REVERSE THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF TOO MUCH TESTING.
* IT IS LIKELY TO DRIVE THE BEST TEACHERS AWAY FROM WORKING IN SCHOOLS THAT NEED THEM MOST.
TELL THEM TO VOTE NO!
