The meeting is Thursday, Feb 10, not Today, Feb 8, but it won't hurt to try to place a recommendation for SI with Brian Newell at 202.225.4527 today.
---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:20:31 -0600 >From: Tim Williamson <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:49810] Fwd: ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Committee to Examine >Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Nation’s Classrooms >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > This committee is meeting today. Call them. Email > them. > Tim Williamson > Metric America Foundation > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Education & the Workforce Press > <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:43 AM > Subject: ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Committee to Examine > Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Nation’s > Classrooms > To: [email protected] > > Education and the > Workforce > Committee > Congressman John > Kline, Chairman > FOR CONTACT: > IMMEDIATE Brian > RELEASE Newell > February (202) > 8, 2011 225-4527 > > ***MEDIA > ADVISORY*** > Committee to > Examine Challenges > and Opportunities > Facing the > Nation’s > Classrooms > > WASHINGTON, D.C. > — On Thursday, > February 10 at > 10:00 a.m., the > U.S. House > Committee on > Education and the > Workforce, chaired > by Rep. John Kline > (R-MN), will hold > a hearing on > “Education in > the Nation: > Examining the > Challenges and > Opportunities > Facing America’s > Classrooms” in > room 2175 of the > Rayburn House > Office Building. > > Education is > critical to the > competitiveness of > America’s > workforce and the > strength of our > economy. > Unfortunately, too > many students > either fail to > graduate from high > school, or > graduate without > the skills needed > to pursue higher > education or > succeed in the > workplace. Reading > and math > assessment scores > remain largely > unchanged from > 1973 levels, and > academic > achievement gaps > in high school are > wider today than > they were in the > 1980s and 1990s. > Since 1965, the > federal government > has become > increasingly > involved in the > day-to-day > operations of the > nation's > classrooms. > Federal education > spending has > increased by 425 > percent over the > last 30 years, yet > student > achievement has > not substantially > improved. In > recent years, many > states and local > school districts > have adopted > innovative > solutions to > improve academic > performance, > enhance > accountability, > and involve > parents in their > child’s > education. Federal > policy should not > undermine > important efforts > underway at the > local level to > advance student > achievement. > > Members of the > committee will > hear testimony > that describes the > challenges and > opportunities that > states and local > school districts > face in preparing > students for > success, and > examine the > current federal > role in the > nation’s > education system. > > # # # > > WITNESS LIST > > Dr. Tony Bennett > Indiana > Superintendent of > Public Instruction > Indiana Department > of Education > Indianapolis, IN > > Lisa Graham Keegan > Founder > Education > Breakthrough > Network > Phoenix, AZ > > Andrew Coulson > Director > Center for > Educational > Freedom, CATO > Institute > Seattle, WA > > Ted Mitchell > President and CEO > NewSchools Venture > Fund > San Francisco, CA > ### >...
