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Advocacy Calendar
 

December 2007

  House & Senate scheduled to be adjourned (Ideal time for members of Congress to visit schools in their districts)
January 2008
January 3 Iowa Presidential Caucuses
January 5 Wyoming Republican County Conventions
January 8 New Hampshire Presidential Primary
January 8 Anniversary of No Child Left Behind
January 15 110th Congress 2nd Session Begins (House only)
Michigan Primary
January 19 South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary
Nevada Presidential Caucuses
January 22 110th Congress (Senate) reconvenes
January 25-February 7 Hawaii Republican Caucuses
January 28 President's State of the Union Address
January 29 South Carolina Democratic Presidential Primary
Florida Primary
February 2008
February 1-February 3 Maine Republican Caucuses
February 4 (tentative) President's budget proposal for FY 2009 released
February 3-4 National African American Read-in. Sponsored by the Black Caucus of national Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
February 5 Super Tuesday primaries in many states for the Presidential nomination
Alabama Primary
Alaska Caucuses
Arizona Primary
Arkansas Primary
California Primary
Colorado Caucuses
Connecticut Primary
Delaware Primary
Georgia Primary
Idaho Democratic Caucuses
Illinois Primary
Kansas Democratic Caucuses
Massachusetts Primary
Minnesota Caucuses
Missouri Primary
Montana Republican Caucuses
New Jersey Primary
New Mexico Democratic Primary
New York Primary
North Dakota Primary
Oklahoma Primary
Tennessee Primary
Utah Primary
West Virginia Republican State Convention
February 9 Kansas Republican Caucuses
Louisiana Democratic Primary; Republican Caucus
Nebraska Democratic Caucuses
Washington Caucuses
February 10 Maine Democratic Caucuses
February 9-12 2008 National Reading Recovery and K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference
February 12 Maryland Primary
Virginia Primary
February 19 Hawaii Democratic Caucuses
Wisconsin Primary
February 15-22 Presidents' Day District Work Period (Ideal time for members of Congress to visit schools in their districts)
February 28 Deadline to submit advocacy articles for spring issues of the Journal of Reading Recovery.
March 2008
March 3 National Education Association's Read Across America.
March 4 Ohio Primary
Rhode Island Primary
Texas Primary
Vermont Primary
March 6 World Book Day 2008.
March 8 Wyoming Democratic County Caucuses
March 11 Mississippi Primary
March 14-31 Congressional Easter Recess (Ideal time for members of Congress to visit schools in their districts)
April 2008
April 2 International Board on Books for Young People's International Children's Book Day.
TBA Spring District Work Period (Ideal time for members of Congress to visit schools in their districts)
April 13-19 National Library Week.
April 22 Pennsylvania Primary
May 2008
  Reading Recovery Teacher graduations - Perfect opportunity to invite VIP's to attend ceremonies and showcase the professional development that makes Reading Recovery so effective.
  National Better Hearing and Speech Month.
May 6 Indiana Primary
North Carolina Primary
May 13 Nebraska Republican Advisory-Only Primary
West Virginia Democratic Primary
May 12-18 Reading is Fundamental's Reading is Fun Week.
May 20 Kentucky Primary
Oregon Primary
May 23-June 3 Memorial Day District Work Period (Ideal time for members of Congress to visit schools in their districts)
May 27 Idaho Republican Primary
June 2008
  Reading Recovery Teacher graduations - Perfect opportunity to invite VIP's to attend ceremonies and showcase the professional development that makes Reading Recovery so effective.
June 3 Montana Democratic Primary
New Mexico Republican Primary
South Dakota Primary
June 11-14 Teacher Leader Institute, Jacksonville, FL (information and updates).
June 28 Nebraska Republican State Convention
June 27-July 8 Congressional Independence Day Recess
July 2008
July 4 Independence Day
August 2008
August 8-September 8 Summer recess
August 25-28 Democratic National Convention, Denver, CO
September 2008
September 1-4 Republican National Convention, Minneapolis-St. Paul
September 26 Target House Adjournment
Presidential debate at University of Mississippi (domestic policy focus)

October 2008

October 2 Vice Presidential Debate at Washington University, St. Louis, MO (domestic and foreign policy focus)
October 7 Presidential debate at Belmont University, Nashville, TN (town hall format)

November 2008

November 4 Election Day