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ERIC Number: EJ781362
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Dec
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
EISSN: N/A
Make Room at the Table for Teachers
Ohanian, Susan; Kovacs, Philip
Phi Delta Kappan, v89 n4 p270-274 Dec 2007
In this article, the authors talk about National Education Association (NEA) leadership's decision to side with corporate reformers rather than with teachers. While the authors agree with the NEA leadership in its argument that the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act "is not working" and is "an unfounded, unfair, and unattainable mandate that largely labels and punishes schools and denies all children their basic right to a great public school," they assert that the NEA leadership needs to be less concerned about allying itself with corporations and more concerned with supporting the teachers it represents. Here, they call on union leaders, members of Congress, and their Business Roundtable allies to do something radical and to listen to the highly qualified teachers who work with children every day. They present a petition calling for the dismantling of NCLB and some comments gleaned from those who have signed to the petition. (Contains 13 endnotes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act; No Child Left Behind Act 2001
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A