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[Assessment 811] DARE TO DREAM - from National Commission on Adult LiteracyGail Spangenberg gspangenberg at caalusa.orgThu May 24 13:34:44 EDT 2007
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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/assessment/attachments/20070524/c4e59c9a/attachment.html
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