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The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the fundamental federal law governing K-12 education.

NEA strongly supports the stated goals of the law -- to raise student learning, close achievement gaps, and ensure that every child is taught by a highly qualified teacher. But, simply put, the law is not working.

NCLB is up for reauthorization this year, and NEA is asking Congress to make three fundamental changes in the law so that it works for children.

1. Use more than test scores to measure student learning and school performance.

3. Increase the number of highly qualified teachers in our schools.

NEA had some praise for -- and reservations about -- the reauthorization draft of Title I of NCLB/ESEA that was released in late August for comment by the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor.

In addition, NEA currently supports 93 bills introduced in Congress to revise NCLB.

Email my Representatives (THIS LINK WILL COMPOSE AN EMAIL FOR YOU!) in Congress about NEA's Positive Agenda for the No Child Left Behind/ESEA Reauthorization:

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Please check the E-A-N folder in First Class (it may be buried in the District Wide folder) for information about tuition reimbursement. You can get $300 for a course you take this year. Get pre-approval from your principal, save your transcript and payment receipts, and then apply in April for reimbursement.

Have you received your new MTA card? If not, contact Camille Napier Bernstein, and we will let MTA know.

Our individual responsibility includes our certification status. Have you checked on yours lately? Will your certification expire soon?

Check online at http://www.doe.mass.edu/educators/e_license.html