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California Regional Environmental Education Community

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NCLI:

Support the No Child Left Inside Legislation

The U.S. Department of Education is working on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aka No Child Left Behind).  There are efforts underway to ensure that the bill includes provisions for pre-K through grade 12 environmental and outdoor education as outlined in the No Child Left Inside Act, sponsored by Senator Reed and Congressman Sarbanes.

Input Sought Now:  The Department of Education (DOE) is requesting comments on ESEA as they begin drafting new language for the bill.  DOE officials are reviewing and considering all comments received.  If you are interested in letting the DOE staff hear from you about the value of environmental and outdoor education to student success and teacher quality, please go to ESEA.comments@ed.gov and let Secretary Duncan and the Obama Administration know that you support the inclusion of NCLI in the reauthorized ESEA.

The No Child Left Inside (NCLI) Coalition has set a goal of having 50,000 emails sent to Secretary Duncan's office in support of the inclusion of NCLI in the reauthorized ESEA.  Now is the time to show our support for environmental education.  Comments needed by the third week of January 2010.

NCLI formed in 2006 and has come along way in just a few years. However, the real work in support of environmental and outdoor education is still ahead.  We want to ensure that all of our nation's students graduate from high school as environmentally literate students who are prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century but it is going to take each and every one of us. 

Additional information:
  • Join the hundreds of organizations and agencies who have signed on as Coalition members.   See current list of California Coalition Members and Congressional Support:   NCLI Coalition Members for California

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Update:  Education and the Environment Initiative

The State Board of Education unanimously approved 76 EEI units at their January 2010 meeting.  Congratulations to the staff at Cal EPA and the California Integrated Waste Management Board and to the many consultants, writers, reviewers, editors, etc. involved in the development of this curriculum for California schools!  We look forward to the approval of the remaining units in March.  The current versions of the EEI units are available at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/EEI/Curriculum/Default.htm#CurriculumUnits.

Read Superintendent Jack O'Connell's press release at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/PressRoom/Releases/2010/Jan06EEI.pdf.

As we celebrate EEI's approval today, we also look ahead to the huge task of training California's teachers to use the units in their classrooms.  Planning and fund raising efforts for teacher professional development are underway.  Stay tuned!  Posted 1/7/10

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