"Where We Stand" columns by AFT President Edward J. McElroy on NCLB

September 2007: "AFT letter to Congress"
"Five years under NCLB have provided many "teachable moments" that can help Congress create new legislation that reflects the realities of the classroom and delivers the necessary help for students, their teachers, their schools and their communities." MORE...

May/June 2007: "What Congress needs to hear about
NCLB"
"This year, Congress is preparing for the next reauthorization, and I testified in March before the U.S. House and Senate education committees about needed changes to NCLB. I harbor no illusions that the members of Congress were eager to hear my personal views, but I know they pay attention when I speak on behalf of more than 1.3 million AFT members." MORE...