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Hi everyone,
It's been a while since I've been on this, probably because I couldn't find the address. Another term begins this week. They certainly come around quickly. It looks like a big enough group to have some dialogue.
The NCTE Chronicle for March 2009 has a policy brief on 21st century literacy as well as some websites that might prove helpful to teachers in my classes.
See http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/21stcentdefinition. Its main purpose is to help get the process of advocacy on the way.
So if you know legislators either state or national, this would be a helpful brief to hand them. And even if you don't—it's not that hard to locate them.
We lament that our schools cut—whatever seems necessary to do our jobs—yet, without advocating for our own needs they aren't going to appear magically. So now is the time to text message, twitter, blog, etc. our legislators and let them know your story.
Carrol, The Literacy Lady