[AAACE-NLA] Save NIFL, acquiesce or act?

[AndresMuro@aol.com]

Eileen, et al:

Not only what you say. But the research science that supports this which is suppossed to be our only flag. The research shows that the only thing that can predict literacy acquisiton of the child is the literacy acquisition of the parent. Research has shown that the literacy acquisition of the child is equal or higher than that of the parent. In other words, if mother has a HS diploma, the child will likely earn an HS diploma or higher. If the parent has elementary education, the child will have an elementary education or higher, etc. None of the educational strategies, ie, phonics, whole language, Freirianism, Deweyianism, spanking children, school prayer, etc can predict the educational achievement of the child as the educationa achievement of the parent. So, if we are going to rely on hard core scientific research as our only tool to facilitate education, we should spent all our resources in educating the 90 gazillion adults that are suppossed to have limited literacy skills. If we do this, their children will follow.

Having said this, I am tired of acting, so I think that I ought to acquiese. I just came back from Argentina where I spent a whole month going to coffee shops and reading, drinking a lot of wine, eating good food, hanging out with my family and deleting all the NLA and NIFL posts w/o the most minimal (is this an oximoron) cursory look. All I want to do is this, plus painting and riding my bike. I am ready to retire and I am only 39. Oh well!

Andres

BTW: Happy New Year   

In a message dated 1/15/2004 8:34:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Eileen Eckert" <eileeneckert at hotmail.com> writes:

>Should we sacrifice adult literacy to child literacy? If we sacrifice adult 
>literacy, we <also> sacrifice child literacy. Children become literate in 
>great part from being talked to and read to; if parents can't (or won't) 
>read to their children, it is quite likely the children won't read either.
>
>
>From: David Rosen <djrosen at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by 
>AAACE<aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org>
>To: aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
>Subject: [AAACE-NLA] Save NIFL, acquiesce or act?
>Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:06:12 -0500
>
>AAACE-NLA Colleagues,
>
>I would like to highlight three points about the Save NIFL campaign that may 
>help some subscribers to understand it better and to act.
>
>1. Decisions about NIFL will be made, possibly this month, by a 
>Congressional conference committee. Conference Committee members will take 
>the House and Senate versions of WIA reauthorization and will work out 
>something which both branches can approve. So it's important that we ask our 
>Senators and Representatives to contact the two chairmen of the conference 
>committee. For more information on who the chairmen are, go to 
>http://savenifl.org/tp.html
>
>2. The Senate version of WIA Title II -- for those who care about NIFL's 
>adult focus at least -- is better than the House version because it 
>preserves the original focus on adult and family literacy, and uses as its 
>starting point the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) . (To see 
>the details on this, go to http://www.savenifl.org/tp.html and choose "AEFL 
>Reauthorization".  A side-by-side .pdf will download.  Open the document and 
>scroll down to the National Institute for Literacy section under the Topic 
>column, or do a "find" for National Institute for Literacy)
>
>3. When you write or talk with your Senators and Representative, emphasize 
>that you are interested in saving NIFL's adult-focused initiatives, for 
>example: EFF, LINCS, and Bridges to Practice.  For talking points on these 
>initiatives, go to http://www.savenifl.org/tp.html
>
>What's at stake?  A lot.  NIFL has provided national leadership in adult and 
>family literacy. Some of NIFL's programs -- many of you may agree -- are 
>very important to the staff and program development of our field.  But, 
>there's more.  A weak response from the field on this issue may help to 
>support arguments of  those who do not care about adult literacy, those who 
>would like to see adult literacy resources used  to support  children's 
>literacy.  Should we sacrifice adult literacy to children's literacy?  
>Should we acquiesce? If you don't think so, do something about it now.
>
>David J. Rosen
>djrosen at comcast.net
>
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