Recommendations From the 110th Congress

Cosponsor List for These Critical Bills Broken Down by State Delegation

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Success in the Middle: a presentation by Susan Frost

The following presentation, Success in the Middle: Advocating on Behalf of the Nation’s 15 Million Middle Grades Students, was given by Susan Frost before members of the National Middle School Association at their 34^th Annual Conference and Exhibit in Houston, Texas in November of 2007. Click here to view.

SUCCESS IN THE MIDDLE ACT: More information and actions taken

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Read Senate Bill 2227, Success in the Middle Act.

Letter to Then-Senator Barak Obama (D-IL) in support of S. 2227, the Success in the Middle Act, November 2007: The Middle Grades Coalition on NCLB expresses their appreciation to the Senator for introducing this important legislation. The plan would provide grants to states to help ensure that all students exit the middle grades prepared for success in a high school with an academically rigorous curriculum that prepares students for post secondary education and the workplace. In addition, the bill would help states and districts provide leadership, intensive intervention, and technical assistance to improve low-performing schools that contain middle grades.

Read the letter to Then-Senator Obama.
 
Letter to Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AR) in support of H.R. 3406, the Success in the Middle Act, September 2007: The Middle Grades Coalition on NCLB expresses their appreciation to the Congressman for introducing this important legislation. The plan would provide grants to states to help ensure that all students exit the middle grades prepared for success in a high school with an academically rigorous curriculum that prepares students for post secondary education and the workplace. In addition, the bill would help states and districts provide leadership, intensive intervention, and technical assistance to improve low-performing schools that contain middle grades.

Read the letter to Representative Grijalva.

STRIVING READERS: More information and actions taken

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Letter to Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Patty Murray (D-WA) in support of Striving Readers legislation, March 2007: Thirty-five education organizations signed onto this letter to Senators Sessions and Murray to express their appreciation for their introduction of this important legislation. This bill will help states, districts, and schools ensure our nation’s adolescents, including children with disabilities and English language learners, read and write well enough to learn in school, graduate on time, and succeed in college and the workplace.

Read the letter to Senators Sessions and Murray.

Letter to Representatives John Yarmuth (D-KY) and Todd Russell Platts (R-PA) in support of Striving Readers legislation, May 2007: Nearly 40 education organizations signed onto this letter to Representatives Yarmuth and Platts to express their appreciation for their introduction of this important legislation. This bill will help states, districts, and schools ensure our nation’s adolescents, including children with disabilities and English language learners, read and write well enough to learn in school, graduate on time, and succeed in college and the workplace.

Read the letter to Representatives Yarmuth and Platts.

NCLB REAUTHORIZATION: Actions taken

Letter to Chairman George Miller (D-CA):
Middle Grades Coalition on NCLB Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act to House Education Committee, September 2007: The organizations that formed the Middle Grades Coalition on NCLB developed a set of recommendations for House Education Committee Chair George Miller (D-CA) and Ranking Member Bud McKeon (R-OH) on the key ingredients necessary to include in the NCLB Reauthorization to help raise the academic achievement of our nation’s 15 million middle grades students and give them the opportunities they need to succeed.

Read the recommendations letter to Chairman Miller.