Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h5L3BmC02664; Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:11:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:11:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <90.38d87171.2c2525d8@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2391] call for Civics Education X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 39 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 854 Lines: 28 >From the Pen Weekly News Blast, June 20, 2003 "Schools are being forced to focus on what's tested versus what's important, and the civic soul of public education is being further eroded. To remedy this, education must include a very serious civic component...one that promotes adhering to a set of civic-minded values and acting upon those values...one that doesn't just teach 'civics,' but strives to develop engaged citizens." -Terry Pickeral, executive director, National Center for Learning and Citizenship To address the question of how to develop engaged citizens, turn to the EFF Community Member Role Map. If you don't have a set of the EFF Role Maps, contact the Center for Literacy Studies, EFF Training Coordinator, Diane Gardner. dgardner@utk.edu All the Best, Meta Potts, Moderator 4-EFF List FOCUS on Literacy Glen Allen, VA
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