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Adelphi University Convenes Region's First Literacy Summit
Summit to Evaluate Controversial Federal Literacy Mandates and Alternative Approaches
Garden City, NY
September 29, 2003
Adelphi University's School of Education and its advisery board in collaboration with the Long Island Network of Teacher Centers (LINC) is sponsoring the area's first Literacy Summit, titled Scientifically Based Research: How Do We Know What Really Works? What is the Evidence? on November 7–8, 2003 at the school's Ruth S. Harley University Center, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. The summit will bring together area professionals with prominent education leaders to evaluate federal literacy requirements and explore alternative approaches to literacy education.
"The literacy provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act have fueled significant controversy among education leaders, practitioners, and parents," said Dr. Carole S. Rhodes, chair of the Department of Literacy and Leadership, Adelphi University School of Education. "As a leader in literacy scholarship and training, Adelphi's School of Education has a crucial role to play in advancing the debate over literacy research and instruction by convening this timely and engaging Literacy Summit."
All educators from preschool through college, other professionals, and parents with an interest in literacy are invited to attend and explore research, theories, and evidence on topics ranging from emergent to adult literacy.
Panelists and speakers include:
- Susan Neuman, former United States assistant secretary of education for the Bush administration and current professor of literacy at the University of Michigan
- Bee Cullinan, professor emeritus, New York University; editor and author of numerous books and articles, including the highly acclaimed Literature and the Child; and NCTE "Educator of the Year" for 2003
- Toni Blackman, United States hip-hop ambassador to Senegal and Ghana, poet, hip-hop artist and pioneer in hip-hop education, adjunct professor at the State University of New York at Binghamton
- David Haynes, assistant professor of English at Southern Methodist University and author of award-winning novels for both children and adults, including Right by my Side and Retold American Folk Tales
- Jerry Johns, Northern Illinois University professor and current president of the International Reading Association
- Lesley Mandel Morrow, Rutgers University professor who testified before the House Subcommittee on the National Reading Report
- Joanne Yatvin, former elementary school principal and member of the National Reading Panel
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Adelphi's Literacy and Leadership Department offers rigorous graduate programs to prepare classroom teachers for leadership roles as literacy specialists and school administrators. The conference is partially funded through a U.S. Department of Education Fund to Improve Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) Grant and a New York State Teacher Center Grant.
For more information or to register, visit http://www.adelphi.edu/literacy.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,500 students from 41 states and 63 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
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