[PAEE] FW: NEWS FLASH - Big Win on No Child Left Inside!

[Ruth Roperti]

Ruth Roperti

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From: Lucas Johnson [mailto:LJohnson at cbf.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 3:00 PM
To: Lucas Johnson
Subject: NEWS FLASH - Big Win on No Child Left Inside!

 

NEWS FLASH  

 

Environmental Literacy included in Obama's new Education Budget: Historic
First

 

We just logged a major victory for No Child Left Inside, perhaps our most
significant.  President Obama's budget that was released yesterday includes
environmental literacy in the U.S. Department of Education budget for the
very first time.  We now have the Obama administration officially on our
side, and better yet, in their budget. 

 

President Obama and Secretary Duncan have made innovation and student
achievement a major platform of the Obama Administration and as a result
have included environmental literacy in a new program. The proposed budget
includes a new $1.0 billion for Effective Teaching and Learning for a
Complete Education program designed to improve instruction to support
college- and career readiness standards, in part through the use of
technology to deliver high-quality content. The new program includes 3
components:

 

*	Literacy: $450 million, an increase of $36.7 million, to consolidate
7 existing Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs into a new
program that would help States and local education authorities improve
literacy skills by supporting professional development and improved
instructional materials. 
*	Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): $300
million, an increase of $119.5 million, or 66 percent, to expand the Federal
investment in improved teaching and learning of STEM disciplines, especially
in high-need schools and school systems, and prepare the next generation of
scientists and engineers. 
*	A Well-Rounded Education: $265 million, an increase of $38.9
million, or 17 percent, to consolidate 7 current authorities and expand
support for the subjects important to a complete curriculum, including:
history, the arts, foreign languages, environmental literacy, and economic
and financial literacy. 

 

What does it mean?  In the short term, it means that we can expect President
Obama's education bill (Elementary and Secondary Education Act, formerly
known as No Child Left Behind) to include language from the No Child Left
Inside Act, which will help force the hand of Congress, where we already
have 87 House cosponsors and 17 Senate cosponsors. We still have a great
deal of work to do, and we will continue to count on you to take action and
stay involved. In the meantime, congratulations to all of you-you made this
happen!

 

While this is a only one step in the process, it is a big one.  Thank YOU!

 

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