[AAACE-NLA] U.S. Secretary of Education Announces Plans to Increase Adult Ed Efforts ?

[tanya tweeton]

Is there no way to approach this lady and have a
conversation with her about what she is really
thinking and also discuss concerns?
Tanya Tweeton



--- Anita Landoll <amlandoll at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well, let's hope she doesn't come up with something
> like No Adult Left Behind! NCLB is just crazy for
> sped
> students now...
> 
> Anita  www.learntoreadnow.com
> 
> --- Hal Beder <hbeder at rci.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> 
> > This is very interesting and also disturbing.  We
> > have been 
> > discussing the technical meaning of NAAL.
> > Ultimately, however,  the 
> > political meaning of NAAL will be more important
> > than the "technical 
> > meaning" because the political meaning that
> emerges
> > will guide policy 
> > makers' actions.  Although the political meaning
> of
> > NAAL will be 
> > shaped by many factors, what those who have power
> > and access to the 
> > press want NAAL to mean has inordinate influence. 
> > So far it seems 
> > that although NAAL has identified a problem, the
> > "spin" is that it's 
> > a higher education problem and, according to the
> > press release below, 
> > a K-12 problem.  Adult literacy education is being
> > left out of the 
> > equation.  The notion that NAAL will be a
> > significant force in 
> > positively influencing  adult literacy has been
> > eroded and will 
> > probably continue to be eroded if the
> Administration
> > has its way.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > At 06:44 AM 1/3/2006, you wrote:
> > >AAACE-NLA Colleagues,
> > >
> > >Reporter, Alisha Wyman, responded to a colleague
> on
> > the AAACE-NLA
> > >list who wrote her to find out more.
> > >
> > >David J. Rosen
> > >Adult Literacy Advocate
> > >DJRosen at theworld.com
> > >-----
> > >From: Alisha Wyman <awyman at uniondemocrat.com>
> > >Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:59:10 -0800
> > >Subject: Re: your article of 12/29
> > >
> > >I got that information from a press release at
> this
> > adress:
> >
>
>http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2005/12/12152005.html
> > >
> > >Its from the U.S. Department of Education, and it
> > doesn't specify
> > >what those programs are. I don't think that the
> > efforts she was
> > >talking about had to do with funding, though it
> > wasn't specific.
> > >
> > >Thanks, hope this helps.
> > >
> > >Alisha
> > >-----
> > >
> > >On Dec 30, 2005, at 3:24 PM, David Rosen wrote:
> > >
> > >>AAACE-NLA Colleagues,
> > >>
> > >>Two intriguing sentences which appear in an
> > article today in the
> > >>Sonora, California Union Democrat:
> > >>"There is much work to do, however, to break out
> > of the stall the
> > >>literacy study shows, U.S. Secretary of
> Education
> > Margaret
> > >>Spellings said in a statement. Spellings
> recently
> > announced plans
> > >>to increase adult education efforts among
> several
> > federal agencies."
> > >>
> > >>        
> >
>
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=19287
> > >>
> > >>Does anyone know what this refers to?
> > >>
> > >>David J. Rosen
> > >>DJRosen at theworld.com
> > >>
> > >>_______________________________________________
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Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve
"The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the  future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to fit that service into the the well being of the community-these are the most vital things education must try to produce."


		
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