In a joint effort between the U.S. Department of Education and the Close Up Foundation, 50-100 teachers from across the country will meet with the Department’s Teaching Ambassador Fellows nine times between January and May to discuss education-related issues, according to a Jan. 17 press release issued by the U.S. Department of Education, says Yahoo! News Contributer, Laura Sauer. What I want to know is, is it too late to sign up? Our education system is in the midst of radical change, from revisions to No Child Left Behind (NCLB) to funding deficiencies. Who better to consult about education issues than teachers, like me, battling them every day? If I were to attend, I would begin with the problems associated with the current administration’s revisions to NCLB…
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