Send a Letter to the Editor

One of the best ways to get the message out about No Child Left Behind is to send a letter to your local paper. Generally, letters to the editor should be about 200 words in length. Also, be sure to include your name, phone number, and address.

The following talking points can be used as a guide when creating letters to the editor:

• The No Child Left Behind Law takes money out of the classroom to spend on paperwork and testing and that hurts learning. There are better ways to improve education, and we need to fix this law now before more children are left behind.
• The law is a one-size-all approach that ignores individual students' needs and forces teachers to drill students for tests rather than teach them the critical thinking skills they need to succeed later in life.
• Local schools have received $27 billion less than they were promised under the law. That makes it next to impossible for schools to meet the costs of the law -- putting less money in classrooms and increasing the burden on local taxpayers.
• Instead of more rules, we need smaller class sizes, highly qualified teachers, up-to-date books and modern, safe schools.

Below, you'll find the email addresses for submitting letters to the editor to several major publications. To place a letter to the editor in your local paper you'll want to visit the paper's website for specific instructions.

National Publications

To find a website for a particular publication, visit www.newsdirectory.com.

Los Angeles Times — letters@latimes.com

Time Magazine — letters@time.com

US News and World Report — letters@usnews.com

The New York Times — letters@nytimes.com

Newsweek — letters@newsweek.com

The Washington Post — letters@washpost.com

USA Today — editors@USAtoday.com