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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Below is information Mary Jo Maralit from the National Institute for Literacy asked be posted about a conference upcoming this summer. For more information about the conference, please see the contact information below. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lynda Terrill</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:lterrill@cal.org">lterrill@cal.org</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><FONT size=2>****************************************************************<BR><BR><BR>Subject: Adults Learning Mathematics Conference<BR><BR>The fifteenth annual conference of Adults Learning Mathematics - A Research<BR>Forum (ALM), A Declaration of Numeracy: Empowering Adults through<BR>Mathematics Education, will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from June<BR>30, 2008 to July 3, 2008. ALM is an international research forum that<BR>brings together those engaged and interested in research and developments in<BR>the field of adult mathematics/numeracy teaching and learning. The ALM<BR>conference has not met in the United States since 2000 and offers American<BR>educators a unique opportunity to meet colleagues from around the world who<BR>share their interest in adult mathematics education. Information about the<BR>2008 conference can be found on the ALM website www.alm-online.net. The<BR>conference organizer is Kathy Safford, ksafford@spc.edu.<BR><BR>Katherine Safford-Ramus, Ed.D.<BR>Associate Professor<BR>Mathematics Department</FONT></DIV>
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