[NLA] Thursday Notes, 8/15/02

[Tilghman, Rose]

Thursday Notes
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
 Carol D'Amico, Assistant Secretary
Editor: Sarah Newcomb
Production: Rose Tilghman

August 15, 2002				
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Carol D'Amico at
UN for International
Literacy Day

Assistant Secretary Carol D'Amico will celebrate International Literacy Day
September 5 by participating in a Leaders' Roundtable on literacy at the
United Nations. Joining her will be the Mongolian Ambassador to the UN, the
managing Director of the World Bank, New York's Mayor Bloomberg, and an
adult learner. The UN Under Secretary General is slated to moderate the
session. In addition to providing the learner for the panel, New York's
Literacy Assistance Center partners with UNESCO and the International
Literacy Network to celebrate the success of adult learners and literacy
practice that day. It's not too late to plan your celebration. Contact
<mailto:ron.pugsley at ed.gov>

CA Listening Session
In the Works

OVAE is planning a listening session on reauthorization issues this fall at
California's College of the Canyons campus near Valencia. This is just a
"heads up" since the session slated for late October is still in the
planning stages. The official announcement with all the details is expected
in the Federal Register in a few weeks. Contact <mailto:amie.amiot at ed.gov>

AL: Doing Business
In a New Location

Alabama just announced it intends to transfer adult education and its
supervision to the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education, the
administrative entity for the Alabama State Board. The transfer is to be
completed by October 1, including moving several folks from Alabama's state
department of education to the postsecondary agency, says Bob Romine,
Assistant to the Chancellor. Contact <mailto:romine at acs.cc.al.us>

The Science of
Problem-Solving Skills:
The Lighter Side

Just what kind of skill is problem solving?  Scientists at Oxford
University's Behavioural Ecology Research Group recently got a glimpse of
the problem-solving skills we all need. "Betty" the crow astonished them by
bending a straight wire into a hook and using it to get food from a
container, they told Science Magazine. Unsuccessful with the straight wire
provided, Betty pushed the tip of the wire into a crack and bent it into a
hook to get her goodies. She was able to repeat this skill nine out of ten
times, using different techniques and making adjustments if her hook didn't
work. May all our problem-solving efforts be that successful. See
http://www.sciencemag.org/ or
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/08/09/crow.betty/index.html

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A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/




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