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

[Derek Manners]

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Derek Manners

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> On Sep 16, 2014, at 1:37 PM, Mary Fernandez via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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