No Child Left Behind conference negotiations are expected to kick off in earnest this fall. And accountability, particularly for poor students, students of color, and special populations of children (think English-language learners) will likely be a really big issue.
Neither the Republican-only House bill, nor the Senate's bipartisan bill goes far enough in calling for states to hold schools accountable for the progress of long-overlooked students, according to the Obama administration.
And that sentiment goes double for the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of civil rights groups.
In fact, LCCR has teamed up with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) on radio ads running in key districts.
You can listen to one of the ads here.
The ads, which feature everyone from a local NAACP president to a public school teacher and a parent, are running in:
And the civil rights groups are bringing this message to Capitol Hill October 1.
Image: Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., is one of the lawmakers being pushed to strengthen accountability measures in the NCLB rewrite. — Evan Vucci/AP-File
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