[AAACE-NLA] DARE TO DREAM - from National Commission on Adult Literacy

[Gail Spangenberg]

NEWS RELEASE -- May 24, 2007, New York, NY --  On behalf of the  
National Commission on Adult Literacy, the Commission's chairman,  
study director, and CAAL are today releasing DARE TO DREAM: A  
Collection of Papers from a Resource Group of 102 Adult Education and  
Literacy Professionals. This document was one of several  
presentations prepared for the April 17, 2007 meeting of the  
Commission. While it does not necessarily reflect conclusions of the  
Commission at this stage in its ongoing work, the Commission is  
pleased to make this material available as a public service. The  
papers that make up this collection were developed in response to  
questions posed in several thematic areas (indicated in the  
publication). They reflect the ideas, insights, cautions, and  
recommendations of 102 education and literacy leaders whose  
participation was facilitated by a team of 10 group leaders. The  
group was challenged to "think outside the box," to imagine systemic  
changes that would be required to expand adult education and literacy  
service beyond the 3 million or so presently served in publicly  
funded programs to many times that number, and to do so to a  high  
standard of quality.

DARE TO DREAM is available in PDF format at the CAAL website,  
www.caalusa.org (scroll down from the top of the middle column at the  
homepage). It may also be purchased directly from CAAL ($25 each plus  
postage, bheitner at caalusa for ordering instructions).

DARE TO DREAM is the second in a series of recent Commission  
resources being made publicly available. "Mounting Pressures Facing  
the U.S. Workforce and the Increasing Need for Adult Education and  
Literacy" was prepared for the Commission by Dennis Jones and Patrick  
Kelly of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems  
was released on May 21, 2007 and can also be downloaded from the CAAL  
website. In the near future,  two other presentations developed for  
the April 17th meeting will be made available: a DVD presentation by  
Mark Tucker, president of the National Center for Education and the  
Economy, and a presentation from labor economist Andrew Sum.

Principle funders of the National Commission on Adult Literacy are  
The Dollar General Corporation (in the lead role at $1 million), The  
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (through both grant and in-kiind  
support), and Harold W. McGraw, Jr.




Gail Spangenberg
President
Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy
1221 Avenue of the Americas - 46th Fl
New York, NY 10020
212-512-2362, F: 212-512-2610
www.caalusa.org



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