Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g7F3noX26383; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 23:49:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 23:49:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <HAEEIPNKCKOKJGBOCGLJMEPPCAAA.sdegener@rcnchicago.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Sophie Degener" <sdegener@rcnchicago.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1245] looking for family literacy programs X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 3172 Lines: 79 Hello- I have been a subscriber (albeit a quiet one) to this listserv for years, and have always enjoyed reading about the different issues that come up around family literacy. I am writing now with the hope that some of you may be able to help me. I am a doctoral student at Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and I am working on a dissertation on family literacy. (My adviser is John Comings, the director of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy.) For my dissertation, I plan to look at instructional practices in urban family literacy programs across the country in order to get a better idea of what kind of instruction is taking place and how this instruction is similar and different in different cities as well as in different types of programs. Family literacy is a relatively new subset of adult education, and I believe it would be of great benefit to the field to better understand what is taking place in different kinds of programs across the country. To obtain this information, I plan on mailing a survey to approximately 300 randomly selected programs in 15 geographically representative urban areas. I have spent several months trying to develop as complete a list of programs as possible in order to make sure I accurately represent the field (in fact, some of you may have already helped me), but I am sure that there are programs that I have missed. If any of you know of a program or know of someone I could contact to get more information about programs in the cities listed below, please let me know. Even if you think I must already know about a specific program for whatever reason, it would still be helpful to get information, as some of my contact information may be outdated or incorrect. For the purposes of my study, I am NOT limiting the programs I survey to four-component family literacy programs. Rather, I would like to cast my net as widely as possible. I am interested in everything from the most broadly defined programs (e.g. any program that somehow brings parents and their children together around reading) to the more specifically defined programs, such as Even Start. The cities that I have chosen to include in my study are: Boston, MA Chicago, IL Cleveland, OH Dallas, TX Denver, CO Detroit, MI Jacksonville, FL Los Angeles, CA Memphis, TN New York, NY Phoenix, AZ San Antonio, TX San Francisco, CA Seattle, WA Washington, DC I have limited my study to large urban areas (the above cities represent 15 of the 30 largest cities in the U.S.) because I am most interested in the educational problems associated with cities. I know that there are wonderful programs in rural and suburban areas as well, but for this study I plan to focus on urban programs. Any information you could provide would be MUCH appreciated!! Please let me know, too, if you have any questions about my study. Thanks in advance for your help, and please remember to send your response to me at my email address (degeneso@gse.harvard.edu), not to the entire list. Sincerely, Sophie C. Degener Harvard Graduate School of Education degeneso@gse.harvard.edu or sdegener@rcnchicago.com
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