10-R362
2010 -- S 2173
Enacted 06/22/10
J O I N T R E S
O L U T I O N
SUPPORTING THE
Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Lanzi, Gallo, Connors, and Paiva-Weed
Date Introduced: February 09, 2010
WHEREAS, The New England
Secondary School Consortium – a multistate
partnership
forged to promote and advance higher educational
aspirations, performance, and attainment
among the adolescents of
been and will continue to be a force for enhancing the
quality of
secondary education; and
WHEREAS,
educational policies, assessment practices, teaching strategies,
professional development, and
state and local leadership to ensure that the educational
achievement of its students will not only
be competitive with that of their peers from across
enable every student to graduate prepared for success in the
colleges, careers, and communities of
the 21st century; and
WHEREAS, Education and
high levels of postsecondary-degree attainment are critical to
workforce development, job creation, and sustainable, long-term
economic prosperity in the 21st
century. It is critical that
efficacy for its citizens through regional collaboration,
resource sharing, expertise exchange, and
performance comparability; and
WHEREAS, The Consortium
is developing internationally competitive learning models
and programs at the secondary level that will redefine
the traditional concept of the public high
school to more effectively mirror the lives and learning
needs of today's students. Its work also
centers on creating learning standards that reflect the ways
in which our youth will live, work,
learn, and lead in the 21st century. The Consortium strives
to forge new state and local policies
designed to stimulate educational innovation and creativity.
It prioritizes the development of
performance assessments that can more accurately measure the
essential knowledge, skills, and
habits of mind that
educational, career, and civic contexts; and
WHEREAS, The New England
states share similar histories, educational systems,
demographic populations, social challenges, and interdependent
economic prospects. The
independent and collective interests of our states can be more
effectively served through strategic
partnerships that can improve the educational, career, and life
outcomes of our citizens; and
WHEREAS, The Consortium
is fostering a coordinated regional effort to build broad-
based support for its major initiatives among educators,
policy makers, and business leaders,
while also engaging parents and community members in the
educational process through school
involvement, positive messaging, community outreach, and
cross-state networking; and
WHEREAS, Innovative
regional collaborations have the potential to attract significant
public and private investments, create a high skilled workforce,
attract new economic
opportunities, drive sustained economic growth, and improve the
quality of life for all Rhode
Island residents; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this General Assembly of the State of
Plantations
hereby expresses our strong
support and endorsement of the New England Secondary
School Consortium and its
goals, strategies, and partnerships; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is
authorized and directed to
transmit duly certified copies to the Governor of Rhode
Island; the Commissioners of Elementary
and Secondary Education of
the executive director of the Great Schools Partnership;
the president of the Nellie Mae Education
Foundation;
and the director of education for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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