[NLA] Advocacy From Afar

[Thomas Sticht]

NLA colleagues: The October 2001 issue of Basic Skills, the official
magazine of the Basic Skills Agency in the United Kingdom, includes an
article based on a research note that I posted on the NLA list September
2, 2001 entitled The Fall From the Summit in Fall 2001. This note calls
for national leadership to inquire into the quality of "lower end"
performance targets for the AELS, stem the drastic declines in
enrollments in the Adult Education and Literacy System of the United
States, and greatly increase the funding of the AELS. It also calls for
a national commission, with the high level visibility of the Moser group
in the UK, to produce a powerful policy oriented report  on the AELS.  
The October 2001 issue of Basic Skills will be posted at
www.basic-skills.co.uk in a short time. 

For NLA colleagues from the UK, the following may be of interest. 
Tom Sticht


Basic Skills Agency - Events and Exhibitions 
http://www.basic-skills.co.uk/news/event_details.asp?id=43 

'A Lifetime in Basic Skills: Some lessons learned' 

Dr Tom Sticht, international expert on basic skills work with adults,
will be speaking at an open lecture organised by the Basic Skills
Agency... 

3rd December 2001, Jeffrey Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Place,
London 

Tom Sticht, international expert on basic skills work with adults, is
visiting the UK as a guest of the Basic Skills Agency and speaking at a
number of events in Wales as part of the National Assembly’s Basic
Skills Strategy for Wales. 

In his London lecture, Tom will draw on 30 years’ work as a researcher,
policy and programme developer and trainer in basic skills. He will
highlight what we have learned, and best
practice in: 

       Assessing the scale of need 
       Workplace programmes 
       Family Programmes 
       Evaluating impact 

The lecture programme is as follows: 

6pm for 6.30pm - Arrival/reception 
6.30pm - Lecture 
7.15pm - Q&A 
7.45pm - Buffet 

THIS LECTURE IS FREE. 

For more information please contact: 
Sameea Ahmed, Senior Research Officer
The Basic Skills Agency
Commonwealth House, 1 - 19 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1NU, UK
Tel: +44 (020) 7405 4017, Fax: +44 (020) 7440 6626
Email: sameeaa at basic-skills.co.uk
Web: www.basic-skills.co.uk 
 
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