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June 20, 2010

Hooray!!! School is out, have a great summer, you deserve it!
NEWS: The June 3rd MEA Frontline can be viewed by clicking here.
"Taking Charge of your Future" pre retirement seminar sponsored by WEA-Retired and Pilchuck UniServ Council, June 23rd and 24th. Click here for more information. The 2010/2011 Calendar can be viewed by clicking here.ESEA Reauthorization: A Blueprint for Change
TAKE ACTION NOW NEA
has sent an urgent request for contacts to Congress on ESEA
reauthorization. Please call or email your congressional
delegation asking them to hold off supporting President Obama’s ESEA
Blueprint and please fill out a survey for NEA President Van Roekel. Send a clear message to Congress that we do not support this blueprint. NEA wants lots of grassroots volume to ensure that Congress hears us. Fill out this survey so President Van Roekel can deliver NEA members’ wishes and ideas to Congress on what the new ESEA should contain. TALKING POINTS:
- We
cannot support the Blueprint at this time. We are disappointed by
this first effort by the Administration to rectify the considerable
problems in current federal education law. We urge Members of
Congress not to rush to support it.
- We
are sharing the blueprint with our members so their voices are
heard. We intend to engage in a productive dialogue to meet the
needs of students, educators and public schools.
- We
hope Members of Congress will work with us to ensure that educators’
voices – those who work on the front-lines every day and know what
really works for students -- are reflected in the House and Senate
bills. By working together, we are confident that we can come up
with a better solution for students.
Contact your legislator This page has been updated recently (3/17/10). Visit WEA’s OurVoice member activist Web site at www.OurVoiceWashingtonea.org
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