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Tell Your Legislator What You Think!

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Today Secretary Arne Duncan announced the 16 applicants who are finalists of the first phase of the Race to the Top competition and Massachusetts is one of them.



Let’s keep up the momentum, Massachusetts!  



Stand for Children, the state’s grassroots voice for children, is holding a virtual rally for citizens to tell their elected officials what they think about public education. You can send a message directly to your state legislator.  

Go to Stand for Children and click on “make a sign.” Stand members will deliver your sign to legislators in person at our Day on the Hill on Tuesday March 23, 2010.

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  1. Reminds me of the sloganator from Bush/Cheney 2004.

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    p>My sign reads “Don’t sell out public education for Arnie’s bribe$”

  3. Schools need support, not bribes to do things that don’t work!

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    p>Say no to federal bribes to adopt practices that at best do not work, at worst are disruptive and destructive to communities and children.

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    p>Check out this article in the Worcester Telegram, where members of the elected school committee are questioning, or least looking into, whether it’s worth giving up their autonomy for money with dubious strings attached:

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    Faced with an audience of dozens of teachers and principals and confronted with federal and state regulations that seemed to force their hand, School Committee members last night weighed whether to chase federal dollars or hold on to what remains of their autonomy.

    They considered similar stakes earlier this year when deciding whether to sign on to the state’s application for federal Race to the Top dollars, but the issue was much more concrete last night. This week, the state announced that two Worcester elementary schools are among the 35 worst schools in Massachusetts, called likely Level 4 schools. The city can apply for $3 million in federal grants administered by the state to turn those schools around, but only if the district fires the schools’ principals and agrees to take other drastic measures.

    Committee member Tracy O’Connell Novick suggested walking away from the money, and committee member Mary J. Mullaney and Mayor Joseph C. O’Brien voted with her. That measure failed, but the committee then voted 6-1 (with Ms. Novick in opposition) to get more information on the consequences of passing such a vote.

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