Via the ever subversive
Susan Ohanian, I just found out about this (rare) piece of NCLB activism.
Author Debra Craig wants all of you who thinks NCLB is a huge mistake which needs to be erased to please send your erasers to Gov. Tommy Thompson, the head of the NCLB Commission, who just got quoted saying:
"Very few people say let's scrap the law altogether. That's a good sign."
She wants 1 million erasers sent to the dude before the commission meets again in 2007. That would be very good sign, indeed.
Erasers should be sent to:
Governor Tommy Thompson
Commission on No Child Left Behind
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20036
Debra is requesting that people who do email Governor Thompson erasers email Debra and tell her how many they sent. She wants to keep track of the total to see how close she comes to her goal of one million erasers.
More instructions:
So Debra is asking that teachers, parents, or anyone who feels that No Child Left Behind is a mistake which needs to be erased from our public schools, to please send any kind of eraser to Governor Tommy Thompson. "It can be the standard pink eraser, pencils with erasers, pencil cap erasers, or chalkboard/white board erasers. My goal is that the commission receives one million erasers before they meet in front of Congress in early 2007."
Her website.
If this be your cup of tea, be sure to send her an email so she can keep track:
Debracraig ( at ) STOPNCLB (dot) org