[nabs-l] Teach Act Update: ACE breaks the silence

[Mary Fernandez]

All,
As all of you are aware, we have kicked up our campaign for the teach
act, in hopes of educating Congress, as members will soon be headed
out of Washington. The American Councel on Education, ACE, voiced
their opposition to the teach Act, though the reasons cited, if they
could be called that, were dubious at best. As a response, we set on a
Twitter campaign last week, and Kyle Shachmut wrote an excellent Op-Ed
on Teach for the Boston Globe.
Today, ACE has finally broken their silence in response to our
prodding for answers as to why they oppose Teach.
There are two pieces, the shorter, and the response to Kyle's op-ed
can be found here:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/09/15/podiumace/515BAeYZeCDmw38dQ21QBM/story.html)
The second, and longer of the two, published on Inside Higher Ed is here:
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/09/16/essay-criticizing-teach-act).

To summarize, they claim that Teach will subject universities to the
oversight of a "obscure federal agency", that teach will "overturn
current Federal law" and that Teach will hurt studetns and
universities by preventing the use of innovative technologies. All of
it is highly uneducated rubbish.
So, what should we do? I think we've proved that we can get people
talking if we engage in social media dialogues,  so go ahead and click
on these two links, and make comments on the articles. How do you feel
about Teach? Why is it important? Why is ACE wrong?
I caution you to be polite and to know your facts.
Check our President Riccobono's blog on teach at:
https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/unachievable-or-unwanted-why-ace-opposed-accessibility-guidelines
 And start commenting right away!
This is news, so time is of the essence, lets create a barrage of
comments on the Globe and Inside Higher Ed. Ready? Set? Teach!

-- 
Mary Fernandez
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will
forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them
feel."
--
Maya Angelou