Are you highly qulified under NCLB? New decision released
CEA's sucessful advocacy efforts are easing the concerns of Connecticut teachers who were worried about the possible harmful ramifications of an inaccurate State Department of Education (SDE) ruling late last fall. The ruling would have phased out the High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) provision in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act.

NCLB, Highly Qualified Teachers, and HOUSSE
How do you demonstrate that you are highly qualified? See the specific requirements that apply to you depending on what grade level and content you teach.

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Hearings in Congress:
NCLB Update - House Education Committee Hearing
The House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on September 10 on the discussion draft for reauthorization of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act/No Child Left Behind. President Reg Weaver, one of 44 witnesses to testify at the marathon hearing, urged the committee to reject the draft language, which he described as making “only minor tweaks in the divisive and dysfunctional law.”

At the same time as President Weaver and others presented testimony, more than 30 NEA members and leaders from the congressional districts of the committee members fanned out throughout Capitol Hill, including in the halls outside of the committee hearing, to speak with their elected representatives about the draft’s shortcomings. Armed with talking points and policy papers, the NEA members and leaders pressed the elected officials to go back to the drawing board.