An Invitation to Your Community -- A Partnership With Your State

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

A Partnership With Your State

If your state is participating in GOALS 2000, the state planning panel will want to hear from you. Panel members recognize that broad-based input at the planning stage is indispensable to commitment and action over the long-haul. They may want to incorporate some of your ideas and suggestions into the state GOALS 2000 plan.

Your state panel will also want to know:

Has your community developed a strategy to reach the National Education Goals and to provide a world-class education to every child?
Are efforts already under way in your school or community to help improve teaching and learning?
What challenges or obstacles may require help from your state?

Panel members will want to hear from you on these and other questions. Your answers can help them make sure that the state plan is being built on promising efforts already working in schools and communities around the state.

You may also want to contact your governor's office, state legislators, state department of education, state board of education, or other state-level groups that have a stake in education. Let them know about your ideas for the state plan. Inform them about the solid educational efforts that are producing good results in your school and community.

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