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'No Child Left Behind' Certain Not to Be "Left Out" at NEA Convention

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008   

Washington, D.C. – Teacher salary and retention, funding for at-risk students and reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). These issues top the discussion list for hundreds of Tennessee educators attending the National Education Association Representative Assembly this week in Washington, D.C.

Tennessee's budget shortfall has many of the state's educators worried. They fear that lower pay and reduced benefits will keep top teachers out of classrooms. And with standards aimed at raising achievement test scores getting tougher, educators say more students than ever before are at risk.

A lot is at stake, according to Tennessee Education Association president Earl Wiman.

"As we ratchet up the curriculum and make school much more difficult than it has been, it's going to be very important for us to understand that we're going to need more resources."

He says that the budget did fund the state's Basic Education Plan to the tune of $65 million, but none of that money is directed at salary and benefits. Currently the NEA ranks Tennessee 34th in the nation for average public school teacher salaries.

The NEA says reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act makes the upcoming elections crucial for teachers. The law will remain in effect until Congress and a new President change it.

Wiman says it's time to get rid of NCLB's one-size-fits-all approach and start giving children the education they deserve.

"Let's look at children as they come into teachers' classrooms, and let's see where they are, and let's take them as far as we can during that school year."




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