[NLA] NIFL Board nominees and ESOL
Elsa Auerbach
elsa.auerbach at umb.edu
Tue Jul 16 03:13:05 EDT 2002
I believe there are also several others originally from Texas who are
now elsewhere. Did anyone see the article about the folks who pushed
through Bush's election "coup" in Florida? Most of them now have
positions in DC. Elsa Auerbach
Deborah Stedman wrote:
> Actually, there are 3 Texans on the proposed board. Blanca Enriquez
> is the Executive Director of Head Start at the Region 19 Education
> Service Center is El Paso. She spoke at Mrs. Bush's White House
> Summit on Early Childhood Cognitive Development. Phyllis Hunter was a
> K-12 teacher who introduced George W. Bush at the Republican National
> Convention. She was named to the President's Education Transition
> Team;she is a consultant for the Texas Reading Initiative who
> specializes in research-based reading programs. Mark Yudof, who until
> recently was the President of the University of Minnesota, is the
> newly named University of Texas System Chancellor; he was a dean of
> the law school for many years at UT before going to Minnesota. But, as
> Heide says, there seems to be no advocate for language minority adults
> or their families from Texas. Deborah Deborah Stedman,
> Ph.D.Developmental and Adult EducationSouthwest Texas State
> University601 University DriveSan Marcos, TX 78666(512) 245-7861fax:
> (512) 245-8151e-mail: stedman01 at msn.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Heide Wrigley
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 6:31 PM
> To: 'nla at lists.literacytent.org'
> Subject: [NLA] NIFL Board nominees and ESOL
> Clearly, given the make up of the group, we cannot have
> high hopes that the board will take on issues related to the
> education of language minority adults and their families
> - Of the six states that show the greatest concentration of
> immigrant families (California, Texas, New York, Florida,
> Illinois and Arizona, only one state (Texas) is represented
> - So if there is little knowledge about adult literacy
> issues represented on the board, there might be even less
> sensitivity to the challenges faced by families who are new
> to English as well as new to literacy - I have not been able
> to get a clear sense of where the administration stands in
> terms of immigrant education in general, although Secretary
> Paige speaking out against the Unz initiative is a hopeful
> sign. But so far there does not seem to be a clear direction
> on the adult side - not surprising since we don't really
> have a language policy in this country, which may be a good
> thing if the alternative is a very restrictive English Only
> policy. Heide
>
>
> Heide Spruck Wrigley
> Senior Researcher for Language, Literacy, and Learning
> Aguirre International
> 480 E4th Ave
> San Mateo, CA
> 94401
> Phone: 650 373 4923
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gullion, Christy
> [mailto:Christy.Gullion at ed.gov]
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:49 PM
> To: 'nla at lists.literacytent.org'
> Subject: RE: [NLA] NIFL Board nominees
>
> The NIFL board nominees and proposed terms are as
> follows:
>
> Carmel Borders of Kentucky, 3-year term
> Douglas Carnine or Oregon, 3-year term
> Blanc Enriquez of Texas, 3-year term
> Carol Gambill of Tennessee, 3-year term
> Mark Yudof of Minnesota, 2-year term
> Jean Osborn of Illinois, 2-year term
> Phyllis Hunter of Texas, 2-year term
> Juan Olivarez of Michigan, 1-year term
> William Hiller of Ohio, 1-year term
> Robin Morris of Georgia, 1-year term
>
> The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor
> and Pensions (HELP), chaired by Senator Kennedy,
> is responsible for confirming the nominees. I
> spoke with a representative from his office last
> week and they still do not have a date set for the
> confirmation action. As soon as I hear something
> on this front I will share that with the NLA.
>
> Unfortunately, I do not have official bios for
> each of the nominees. I think others on this list
> have provided background information on some of
> the nominees. You might try reading through the
> NLA archives on this topic.
>
> Christy Gullion
> Associate Director for Federal Policy
> National Institute for Literacy
> 1775 I Street, NW, Suite 730
> Washington, DC 20006-2417
> ph. (202) 233-2033
> fax (202) 233-2050
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Debbie Yoho [mailto:dwyoho at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:00 AM
> To: NLA LIST
> Subject: [NLA] NIFL Board nominees
>
> from George Demetrion:
>
> "...the (NIFL) Board nominees are a major concern
> on the lack of
> expertise on adult literacy as a primary field of
> specialization among
> the nominees. Simply put, that does raise alarm
> bells about the
> anticipated direction of the Bush administration
> for NIFL..."
>
> Could someone please list who the nominees are,
> what their involvement is
> in literacy, where they're from, etc? I keep
> hearing this, but I'd like to
> make my own judgement. And when will they be
> confirmed? Many thanks,
> Debbie
>
> Deborah W. Yoho
> Co-moderator, NIFL-Health and
> Executive Director
> Greater Columbia Literacy Council
> 921 Woodrow Street, Columbia, SC 29205
> 803-765-2555 Fax 803-779-8417
> dwyoho at earthlink.net
>
>
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