[AAACE-NLA] Pennsylvania advocacy

[tjjhjr at netscape.net]

would like to be more involved with advocay in PA for ESL on adult and k-12 issues.....but everyone is so afraid to talk in the open about the problemsof IU's contracting with school districts and NOT being an honest advocate by virtue of that financial, contractual relationship.....also the PDE will not allow ESL teachers to communicate on an e-mail list serve (or create one)......programs run by for profits are getting $ that is be being squandered.....

if teachers complain they are shunned or fired


JAWCFL at aol.com wrote:

>Pennsylvania plans an active advocacy campaign once we see a side-by-side and 
>can develop a position on all the issues.  PAACE, the Pennsylvania 
>Association for Adult Continuing Education, is addressing reauthorization as its 
>Midwinter Conference the first week in February and will discuss the major issues in 
>the reauthorization and the differences between the House and Senate versions. 
> For example, although the Senate version is "friendlier" to NIFL and I 
>strongly support that, the House version is "friendlier" related to data that would 
>have to be collected on youth dropouts.
>
>We look forward to joining the advocacy efforts.
>
>JoAnn Weinberger
>Legislative Chair
>PAACE
>

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