July 2007 ABE Alert

Alert

Two Opportunities to Practice Civics on Behalf of the Arts & Humanities

1. Apply to be a member of the statewide graduation requirements committee

Go to http://www.colorado.gov/governor/pdf/B&C-Application.pdf to get a copy of the application. For further information or questions, contact Amanda at (303) 866-6380

2. Attend the July meeting of the Colorado Commission for Higher Education

Plan to attend the meeting on July 10th at the Colorado School of Mines, Ben Parker Student Center, Ballrooms A & B, 1200 16th Street in Golden. Sign up to testify regarding the agenda item: 2010 Higher Education Admissions Requirements: Review and Proposed Options. This is the opportunity to encourage the commissioners to vote to suspend, postpone, or modify the proposed 2010 requirements. For more information, go to http://www.state.co.us/cche/agenda/agenda07/jul07/indexjul07.pdf

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Alert 9 July 2007

About ABE:
We are a Colorado non-profit organization concerned about the narrowing of the curriculum and the marginalization of arts and humanities as a result of high-stakes testing, snapshot accountability, and higher education requirements placing de facto mandates upon K-12 public education.

Fifteen leaders from education, public service and business form the board of Advocates for a Balanced Education and share a desire to offer students-become-adults the balanced education which will provide them with the necessary skills for economic self-sufficiency and participation in a self-governing society.

For that purpose, our goal is to assist educational policy makers at all levels of state and local government, as well as the citizenry of communities in supporting the inclusion of the arts and humanities as an essential part of Colorado’s K-12 public education system.