Again, please call or write. This is a dear colleague for the Senate. Priscilla Griffith, Ph.D. The Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education The University of Oklahoma [log in to unmask] From: National Writing Project [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 3:46 PM To: Griffith, Priscilla L. Subject: Ask Your Senators to Sign the Mikulski Dear Colleague [NWP E-Voice. The National Writing Project Newsletter] June 1, 2011 NWP Home<http://www.nwp.org> | Web Version<http://www.nwp.org/site_bulletin_web.csp?issue=1534b76d325a8f591b52d302e7181331> | Forward<http://www.nwp.org/email.csp?t=National%20Writing%20Project%20Site%20Bulletin&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nwp.org%2Fsite_bulletin_web.csp%3Fissue%3D1534b76d325a8f591b52d302e7181331> | Subscribe to RSS <http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/about/rsshome.csp> [Subscribe to RSS] Special Site Bulletin Ask Your Senators to Sign the Mikulski Dear Colleague Dear NWP Colleagues, Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) sent out a Dear Colleague letter in the U.S. Senate asking members to support increasing the Title II set-aside for national professional development programs, including the National Writing Project, to 5 percent. This letter is a Senate version of the similar House of Representatives letter from a few weeks ago. We have only six days to urge our senators to sign the letter, so please get the word out to the teacher-consultants and everyone on your list of supporters. Ask them to email or call their senators<http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm> as soon as possible-by no later than the end of the day on Tuesday, June 7. They should ask their senators to sign on to the Mikulski Dear Colleague letter that would make 5 percent of Title II money for teacher quality available for a competitive grant program for effective national programs like the National Writing Project. Rapid response and volume of contacts are what matter here. Thank you for helping to get the word out about this opportunity to provide support for quality professional development for teachers in the FY 2012 budget. We will be in touch with more information and the list of signees, as this process moves forward. For more on the House Dear Colleague letter, see the list of signees<http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/download/nwp_file/15397/Co-Signers%20Support%20Our%20Nation%27s%20Teachers%20Dear%20Colleague%20May%202011.pdf?x-r=pcfile_d>. Please continue to share your questions and ideas with us at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, and thank you for all you are doing to raise visibility for NWP. National Writing Project | University of California | 2105 Bancroft Way #1042 | Berkeley, CA 94720-1042