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From: mcregor@...To: dignityinschools@...Sent: 4/12/2010 10:27:55 A.M. Central Daylight TimeSubj: [Dignity_in_Schools] Please Sign: Support for Hearing on Corporal Punishment & apos;s Impact on Academic Success

Good People,Please consider signing the attached letter supporting the upcoming hearing on corporal punishment's impact on student learning (deadline is close of business Tuesday ). Please email alternatives@... if you wish to sign. More information below.This Thursday, the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities will be holding a hearing entitled, "Corporal Punishment in Schools and its Effect on Academic Success." The Subcommittee's Chairwoman, Representative Carolyn McCarthy, looks to address school-based corporal punishment's academic harms in the upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. We've written the attached letter to support the issues being discussed at the hearing and to raise awareness for the need to address exclusionary practices' impact on student learning as well. Please email alternatives@... by close of business Tuesday if you wish to sign. We apologize for the short turnaround time. Please help us circulate this letter for additional signatures. For more information on the hearing, click here: http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2010/04/corporal-punishment-in-schools.shtml Sign-On Letter Signature Instructions:

While all signatures are welcome, we strongly prioritize organizational signatures. If you work for, volunteer for, or are otherwise involved with an organization that looks to affect these issues, please encourage the organization to sign this letter. Whenever possible, please sign on as an organization instead of as an individual. Individual signatures are also welcome. You may include your title (e.g., " Lambertson, Advocate") and/or your affiliation ("Liz Sullivan, NESRI"). All individual signatures will be listed under the following heading: "the following individuals are listed with their affiliations for identification purposes only."

Matt CregorSafe Schools StrategistNAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.646-515-5284mcregor@... _______________________________________________Dignityinschools mailing listPost: Dignityinschools@...List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dignityinschoolsTo Unsubscribe Send email to: Dignityinschools-unsubscribe@... Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/dignityinschools/rmgarcia10%40aol.comYou are subscribed as: rmgarcia10@...

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From: mcregor@...To: dignityinschools@...Sent: 4/12/2010 10:27:55 A.M. Central Daylight TimeSubj: [Dignity_in_Schools] Please Sign: Support for Hearing on Corporal Punishment & apos;s Impact on Academic Success

Good People,Please consider signing the attached letter supporting the upcoming hearing on corporal punishment's impact on student learning (deadline is close of business Tuesday ). Please email alternatives@... if you wish to sign. More information below.This Thursday, the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities will be holding a hearing entitled, "Corporal Punishment in Schools and its Effect on Academic Success." The Subcommittee's Chairwoman, Representative Carolyn McCarthy, looks to address school-based corporal punishment's academic harms in the upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. We've written the attached letter to support the issues being discussed at the hearing and to raise awareness for the need to address exclusionary practices' impact on student learning as well. Please email alternatives@... by close of business Tuesday if you wish to sign. We apologize for the short turnaround time. Please help us circulate this letter for additional signatures. For more information on the hearing, click here: http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2010/04/corporal-punishment-in-schools.shtml Sign-On Letter Signature Instructions:

While all signatures are welcome, we strongly prioritize organizational signatures. If you work for, volunteer for, or are otherwise involved with an organization that looks to affect these issues, please encourage the organization to sign this letter. Whenever possible, please sign on as an organization instead of as an individual. Individual signatures are also welcome. You may include your title (e.g., " Lambertson, Advocate") and/or your affiliation ("Liz Sullivan, NESRI"). All individual signatures will be listed under the following heading: "the following individuals are listed with their affiliations for identification purposes only."

Matt CregorSafe Schools StrategistNAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.646-515-5284mcregor@... _______________________________________________Dignityinschools mailing listPost: Dignityinschools@...List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dignityinschoolsTo Unsubscribe Send email to: Dignityinschools-unsubscribe@... Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/dignityinschools/rmgarcia10%40aol.comYou are subscribed as: rmgarcia10@...