[NMScience] FW: Education Letters to Obama on Key Issues

[Davis Lee]

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From: Ahlstrom, Claudia, PED [mailto:claudia.ahlstrom at state.nm.us]
Sent: Mon 12/29/2008 10:38 AM
To: nmctm at nmsu.edu; science-bounces at lists.aps.edu
Subject: FW: Education Letters to Obama on Key Issues



Dear NM Math & Science Educators,

 

Letters from various educators have been complied for President-elect Obama's review.  I thought you might be interested in reading this collection.  Your comments are always welcome.

 

Happy New Year!

 

Claudia

 

Claudia Ahlstrom, State Mathematics Specialist

Math & Science Bureau

New Mexico Public Education Department

300 Don Gaspar

Santa Fe, NM  87501

 

505 476-1881

claudia.ahlstrom at state.nm.us 

 

 

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>From a posting from the Education and the Public Interest Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Education Policy Research Unit at Arizona State University, Monday, December 29, 2008. See http://epicpolicy.org/publication/Letters-to-Obama to download the full set of letters, to which reference is made in what follows;

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Education Letters to Obama Address Key Issues

 

Contact: Peter Cookson -- (413) 429-6629; peter.cookson at yale.edu

Kevin Welner -- (303) 492-8370; kevin.welner at gmail.com

BOULDER, Colo. and TEMPE, Ariz. (December 29, 2008) -- Fifteen educational scholars today released a collection of letters to President-elect Obama. Each letter briefly sets forth an idea or proposal to help create a more productive and equitable educational system. The letters cover the gamut of key policy issues facing the next administration, including reading instruction, No Child Left Behind, the expansion of preschool availability, charter schools, special education, the effects of poverty, and the teaching of English learners.

The collection <http://epicpolicy.org/publication/Letters-to-Obama>  is edited by Peter Cookson of Yale University and Kevin Welner of the University of Colorado at Boulder and is jointly published by the Education and the Public Interest Center at CU-Boulder and the Education Policy Research Unit at Arizona State University. Contributors include top national experts in their respective areas.

Cookson's cover letter, also directed to the President-elect, explains, "My colleagues and I are writing to you as scholars and activists who are deeply convinced that a reenergized commitment to excellent public schools for all students is America's best hope for economic renewal and a society where trust and cooperation characterize public life."

Welner's introductory letter adds, "These proposals should be thought of as the tips of empirical icebergs. Beneath the letters lies a research base that we hope will guide policymaking throughout your time in office."

The letters are available for download at http://epicpolicy.org/publication/Letters-to-Obama

 

CONTACT:
Peter Cookson
Yale University
(413) 429-6629
peter.cookson at yale.edu

Kevin Welner, Professor and Director
Education and the Public Interest Center
University of Colorado at Boulder
(303) 492-8370

kevin.welner at gmail.com

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