Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g0UIK2n13182; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 13:20:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 13:20:02 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <01C1A977.C67BF7A0.matthewscelza@caliteracy.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Matthew Scelza <matthewscelza@caliteracy.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:702] Literacy Rates and Reality X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 Status: O Content-Length: 1279 Lines: 32 Hello, This was the conclusion of an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. From the issue dated February 1, 2002. Will Anyone Accept the Good News on Literacy? By DENNIS BARON "Perhaps the most important lesson of the literacy survey and its analyses is that although the literacy of the original low scorers has been upgraded, their socio-economic status remains what it was before. They still earn less than high scorers, have fewer years of schooling, vote less often, and don't read newspapers. The 2001 literacy report goes a long way to disentangle literacy measurement from other indicators of achievement, but it does not tell us how to improve the capabilities of those whose reading really is inadequate, how to address the disparities in educational achievement among the races, or how to reverse the widening economic gap between the haves and the have-nots." It summarizes my growing feeling that much of the talk about leaving no child behind (a nifty trademark infringement on the Children's Defense Fund, by the way) is a very smooth way to talk about bridging racial and economic gaps without managing to talk about race or class. Anyone else have this impression? Peace, Matthew Scelza California Literacy, Inc.
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