Media Advisories/Press Releases

April 2008

• Andrea Messina Speaks at Business and Professional Women's Leadership Summit (April 30, 2008)

January 2008

• Local Education and congressional Leaders Discuss high cost of waiting to reauthorize NCLB (January 31, 2008)
• Statement by the Commission on No Child Left Behind in Response to the State of the Union (January 28, 2008)

September  2007

• Commissioner Messina testifies before House Committee on Education and Labor (September 10,2007)

August 2007

• Commission releases statement in response to House NCLB draft (August 30, 2007)

July 2007

• Read the Commission's June/July Issue News Alert (July 19, 2007)
• Released: Commission's Recommendations for Reauthorization Included in Senate All Students Can Achieve Bill (July 18, 2007)
• Governor Barnes' Remarks in Press Conference for All Students Can Achieve Bill (July 18, 2007)

June 2007

• Commissioner Messina Gives Remarks at Annual State School Board Conference (June 14, 2007)
• Commission Responds to FEA Report on Assessments and Accountability in NCLB (June 14, 2007)

May  2007

• Commission issues statement on U.S. House Hearing on Improving Teacher Quality (May 11, 2007)

April 2007

• Commission Responds to Senate Hearing on Modernizing Middle and High Schools (April 24, 2007)
• Commission Releases Statement on U.S. House Hearing on Supplemental Educational Services (April 18m 2007)

March 2007

• Commission Reacts to House Hearing on How NCLB Affects Children with Disabilities (March 29, 2007)
• Commission Responds to Senate Hearing on Parents and Communities in Schools (March 28, 2007)
• Commissioner Eugene García Responds to U.S. House Hearing on English Language Learners (March 23, 2007)
• Release: Commission Testifies at Bicameral Hearing (March 13, 2007)
• Governor Roy Barnes to Testify at Bicameral Hearing on Tuesday March 13, 2007 (March 9, 2007)Statement by Co-Chairs in response to Senate Hearing on Strengthening American Competitiveness for the 21st Century (March 9, 2007)
• Commission Co-Chairs Respond to U.S. Senate Hearing on Teacher Quality (March 9, 2007)

February 2007

• Advisory: Commission to Release Final Recommendations for Reauthorization (February 1, 2007)

September 2006

• Release: Commission Hears from Top Education Organizations (September 25, 2006)
• Advisory: Commission to Hold Final Hearing in Nation's Capitol (September 13, 2006)

August 2006

• Release: NCLB Commission Collects Testimony on Quality of Education Standards (August 31, 2006)
• Advisory: Commission to Discuss Standards at Hearing in Massachusetts (August 22, 2006)
• Release: Commission Announces Remaining Hearing Schedule (August 21, 2006)
• Release: Commission Collects Recommendations on How NCLB Can Help High Schools (August 7, 2006)
• Release: Commission Hears about Impact of NCLB on Children with Disabilities (August 7, 2006)
• Advisory: NCLB Commission Holds Panel on High Schools and College Readiness (August 1, 2006)

July 2006

• Advisory: NCLB Commission Holds Panel on Children with Disabilities (July 28, 2006)
• Release: NCLB Commission Hears Importance of Early Childhood Ed (July 21, 2006)
• Release: NCLB Commission Receives Recommendations on ELLs (July 21, 2006)
• Advisory: NCLB Commission Holds Panel on English Language Learners (July 18, 2006)
• Advisory: NCLB Commission Holds Panel on Early Childhood Education (July 14, 2006)

June 2006

• Release: Commission Learns of Challenges Facing Rural Schools (June 29, 2006)
• Advisory: Commission to Host Panel on Rural Schools (June 26, 2006)
• Release: Commission Gains Parental and Grassroots Perspectives on NCLB (June 21, 2006)
• Advisory: NCLB Commission to Begin Summer Roundtable Series (June 20, 2006)
• Release: Successful Interventions: Helping Schools Achieve Academic Success (June 9, 2006)
• Advisory: Commission will hold fourth hearing in Madison, Wisconsin (June 5, 2006)

May 2006

• Release: Improving Achievement for All Students: Is NCLB Accountability Producing Results? (May 22, 2006)
• Advisory: Commission will hold third hearing in Atlanta, Georgia (May 16, 2006)
• Press Release: Commission Hears Testimony in Connecticut on Legal Suit Over Testing (May 9, 2006)
• Media Advisory: Commission to Hold Second Hearing in Connecticut (May 1, 2006)

April 2006

• Statement from Sec. Thompson and Gov. Barnes on AP NCLB Article (April 18, 2006)
• Press Release: NCLB Commission announces dates and locations for remaining field hearings (April 17, 2006)
• Press Release: NCLB Commission Collects Recommendations at First Hearing (April 11, 2006)

March 2006 

• Bi-Partisan Commission on No Child Left Behind Convenes for Organizational Meeting (March 7, 2006)

February 2006

• News Release: Secretary Tommy G. Thompson and Governor Roy E. Barnes Announce Commission on No Child Left Behind (Tuesday, February 14, 2006)