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Monday, January 29, 2007 Call to Action Initiative: It's Time to Get on the Agenda! By adelman @ 5:24 PM :: 1816 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Research and Advocacy   All signs point to 2007 being the time for actions that can produce fundamental changes related to advancing efforts to develop comprehensive systems for learning supports. Therefore, at this juncture, the Center has initiated a call to action campaign. We are recommending that everyone concerned with this pursue the following three courses of action to move things forward in the coming months: >Participate at school improvement decision making and planning tables to ensure there is a sophisticated focus on new directions for developing a comprehensive system of learning supports. See http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/Newsletter/summer06.pdf >Communicate with Congress about including discussion of a comprehensive system of learning supports as a major agenda item in the hearings for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (e.g., No Child Left Behind). See http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/nclbra.pdf See http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/congress%20letter.pdf >Focus the attention of Mayors on working with schools to help develop a comprehensive system of learning supports. See http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/Newsletter/winter07.pdf