Dear Supporter,
In this August edition, we bring you notes on the No Child Left Inside Act and way you can support it, an updated K-12 grants page, and our VISTA positions - two are filled and two are open. Enjoy!
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No Child Left Inside Act of 2007
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Please contact your representatives
The No Child Left Inside Act of 2007 (NCLI) has now been introduced into the
Senate by Jack Reed of Rhode Island and into the House of Representatives by John Sarbanes of Maryland, so now is the time to write a letter
of support and to call your congressional representatives.
Our previous newsletter provided some background info, and the best single source of information is still the No Child Left Inside website. Rather than repeating the information which is well presented there, we'd like to highlight what this could mean for Nevada.
Nevada, like most places, has gone along with the trend encouraged by the No Child Left Behind Act (actually the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) to prioritize reading and math over all other subject areas. The NCLI would help bring subjects back into balance by recognizing the value of all subject areas, including environmental education. It also contains funding to build capacity for environmental literacy at the state level, up to $100,000, some of which would come to NNREC.
What can you do?
1. Read the information on the No Child Left Inside web site and NNREC's NCLI page
2. Look at NNREC's letter to Dean Heller
3. Contact your congressional representatives; contact information is available at Congress.org |
K-12 Grants Updated
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NNREC's K-12 Grants page has been updated with some new grants and contact information. This page highlights environmental literacy opportunities primarily for K-12 teachers and their classrooms, but includes some grants for nonformal educators. The PLT GreenWorks grant program has been considerably expanded this year, and the next deadline is October 31. NNREC's own mini-grant program will be announced in the next newsletter. More... |
VISTA Positions Open and Filled
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Lake Tahoe and Carson Valley open for application
The Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park and the shared Dangberg Historic Home Ranch State Park - NNREC AmeriCorps*VISTA positions are open, with a deadline of October 26. Please download the flier from http://nnrec.org/about/vista/VISTA_flier_nsp.pdf to share with any person and at any place you can think of. Interested people may also go directly to the Join AmeriCorps web site at https://recruit.cns.gov/ to apply.
Meg O'Neill has joined Sierra Nevada Journeys and will be developing the Women in Science and Leadership Initiative for underserved middle school females, and other SNJ projects. Allyson Butler has joined the Public Lands Institute and will be working on the Our Places Tell Stories conference, the Environmental Education and Interpretation Certification Program (both programs are in cooperation with NNREC), and increasing participation of low income and Hispanic communities in volunteer and education programs. Welcome Meg and Allyson!
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