[AAACE-NLA] NIFL board (this - not the previous post)

[John Comings]

I know Curtis through her work with NCSALL and NIFL. She would be a
fantastic addition to the NIFL board. NCSALL adapted her work with
adolescents for some of our research.

On 7/3/08, Janet Isserlis <Janet_Isserlis at brown.edu> wrote:
> Befond this:
>
> President Bush intends to nominate two new members
> <http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080619-18.html>
>  to the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) advisory board.  They are
> Mary E. Curtis, of Massachusetts, for the remainder of a three-year term
> expiring Nov. 25, 2011, and Diane Barone, of Nevada, for the remainder of a
> three-year term expiring Jan. 30, 2011.  Curtis is the lead author of OVAE's
> STudent Achievement in Reading (STAR) Tool Kit and spearheads evaluation
> activities for the National STAR Training Network. Her work on STAR
> <http://www.startoolkit.org/>  since 2005 has helped more than 400 teachers,
> administrators and professional developers learn to implement evidence-based
> reading instructional strategies in adult education classrooms in 12 states.
>  Curtis is involved in plans to add another 270 adult educators in six more
> states this fall.  Barone is a professor of literacy studies at the
> University of Nevada, Reno, and a member of the board of the International
> Reading Association.  The board, created by the Adult Education and Family
> Literacy Act (AEFLA), provides input to an interagency group comprising the
> departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services, which
> provides NIFL's policy direction and guidance.
>
> -- Does anyone have further information about these two nominees, and/or the
> process for bringing people onto the NIFL advisory board?
>
>
> The President intends to nominate the following individuals to be Members of
> the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board:
>
> Diane Barone, of Nevada, for the remainder of a three-year term expiring
> 01/30/11;
>
> Mary E. Curtis, of Massachusetts, for the remainder of a three-year term
> expiring 11/25/11.
>
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080619-18.html
>
>
> Janet
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