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<EM>Please read below for this exciting message about environmental education I received today!!!!!! Ruth Roperti</EM><br>
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From: "Knowlton, Shareen" sknowlton@rwpzoo.org<br>
To: NAAEE Action Network naaee-action-network@googlegroups.com, Affiliates List Serve affiliates@naaee.org<br>
Sent: Mon 03/15/10 3:39 PM<br>
Subject: Fwd: Incredible Milestone for Environmental Education: President's ESEA Blueprint Includes Environmental Education<br>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Hello NAAEE Action Network & Affiliate Network!</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Please see the attached memo (text also copied below) for exciting, historic news concerning President Obama's inclusion of environmental education in his Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA<A></A>) blueprint. </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia">As always, thank you so much for all of your incredible work on these issues. We wouldn't have made the unfathomable progress that we've seen in the past 3 years without each and every one of you! Mark my words, the best is yet to come!</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia">Thanks again!!</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia"><A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia">Shareen</SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">To:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>EE Advocacy Committee & Action Network<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">From:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Shareen<A></A> Knowlton, Chair & Brian A. Day, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Re:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>President’s Blueprint<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Date:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>March 15, 2010</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>This weekend the President released his blueprint for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It at this point does not appear that the administration will introduce a fully drafted bill.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This blueprint does mention environmental education twice – elements below.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Although it does not indicate direct support for NCLI<A></A>, it does show that the President and Secretary of Education have made environmental education a priority.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=A8><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #2858a9; FONT-SIZE: 46pt">President’s ESEA<A></A> Blueprint<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=A8><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #2858a9; FONT-SIZE: 46pt">Page 25<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; COLOR: #2858a9; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Handwriting">A Complete Education</SPAN><SPAN class=A8><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 46pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=A8><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #2858a9; FONT-SIZE: 46pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Handwriting">A</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Minion Pro','serif'; COLOR: #211d1e; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Minion Pro'">s we ask states to raise their standards to prepare their students for college and the workplace, we will also be asking more from students, families, teachers, principals, and every level of the educational system. To make higher standards meaningful, we must ensure that states, districts, schools, and teachers have the resources and assistance they need to help students reach these standards, such as instructional supports, high-quality professional development, and teaching and learning materials aligned with those standards. This means a new investment in improving teaching and learning in all content areas – from literacy to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to history, civics, foreign languages, the arts, financial literacy, <SPAN style="BACKGROUND: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow">environmental education</SPAN>, and other subjects – and in providing accelerated learning opportunities to more students to make postsecondary success more attainable.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 5pt" class=Pa12><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; COLOR: #2858a9; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Handwriting">ENSURING A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Minion Pro','serif'; COLOR: #211d1e; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Minion Pro'">To help more students in high-need schools receive a well-rounded education, our proposal will provide competitive grants to states, high-need districts, and nonprofit partners to strengthen the teaching and learning of arts, foreign languages, history and civics, financial literacy, <SPAN style="BACKGROUND: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow">environmental education,</SPAN> and other subjects.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Minion Pro'">To put all of this in context, the following milestones warrant mention:</SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Minion Pro'">- This is the first time in history that environmental education has been included in the President's ESEA<A></A> blueprint!</SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Minion Pro'">- This year marked the first time in history that environmental literacy was included in the federal Education Secretary's budget!</SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Minion Pro'">- To the best of our knowledge, the NCLI<A></A> Coalition is the largest, most active grassroots coalition ever fomed<A></A> (in any field!)!!</SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Minion Pro','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Minion Pro'">Thank you for all you are doing!!! Keep <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>up <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>the pressure and incredible work!</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></P>
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