With the Congressional summer recess soon upon us, now is the time to begin planning on meeting with your Senator and/or Representative to let them know what you think should be done with ESEA.  While it seems unlikely that a reauthorization attempt will be made in this session of Congress, that does not mean members of Congress are ignoring the issue.  Congressional staffers continue to meet to try and hammer out a bill and this summer gives us all the opportunity to make our voices heard when members of Congress travel home.

Earlier, The Forum produced its recommendation for ESEA Reauthorization.  Now, in conjunction with our partners in the Rethink Learning Now campaign, we have produced an ESEA Toolkit for you to use in making your voice heard around reauthorization.

The ESEA Toolkit includes information on the state of education, names of congress people who serve on the education committees in the House and Senate and issues they champion and bills they have introduced.  It also includes tools for working with the press, meeting with elected officials, and launching your own campaign on ESEA.  The toolkit is free and may be viewed and downloaded here.

We would appreciate your feedback on the toolkit, let us know at info@forumforeducation.org how you use the ESEA Toolkit and how we might improve upon future.

The pdf version of the toolkit is available here.