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Should the Federal Government play a role in public education?
The Education Committee of the five Leagues in Santa Clara County in California is concerned that current LWVUS Social Policy Positions limit our ability to speak to the enlarged federal role in education since the passage of No Child Left Behind in 2002 and its impact on accountability, curriculum, teacher qualifications, governance, and more. Therefore, we are working to persuade delegates to the LWVUS Convention to adopt a national two-year study of education in Portland, Oregon, in June of this year.
The League has, at the national level, advocated with existing Social Policy Positions in areas related to education issues: for desegregation, against public funding of private schools, and against discrimination by sex.
To read more about League action at the federal level go to the LWVUS Web site.
Other Web sites for information on education:
Education Week is a weekly subscription magazine and online source for a broad range of articles. Some of the articles are offered free online, and free trial subscriptions are also available.
The Rand Corporation offers publications for sale and free pdf files for download on a broad variety of current education issues. You can also sign on to their elist for weekly updates on what's going on at the Rand Corporation.
See the U.S. Department of Education for the complete text of No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
PEW conducts research and publishes articles in many areas including education issues from pre-school through college.
Fordham University, National Center for Schools and Community has many free articles on current education issues.
Columbia University Teachers College offers free articles, podcasts and e-list. One very good document, published March 2006: Opportunity Knocks: Applying Lessons from the Education Adequacy Movement to Reform the No Child Left Behind Act.
Come and get acquainted at the Education caucus at Convention on Friday, June 13 to discuss the issues and the scope of an Education study. All are welcome. Stop at our table at the Wares Market to pick up background information.
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