Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f9MJnt021525; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:49:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:49:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <A1064140F022D3118EBE0008C7919364025EAF60@fegsmail1.fegs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Hacker, Emily" <EHacker@fegs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2081] NIFL's e-literacy newsletter X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 5586 Lines: 108 News from NIFL: The first three articles of the latest issue of e*literacy, the NIFL's electronic newsletter, follow. The entire issue is available online at: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/eliteracy/01_10_01.html Alice Johnson, Associate Director for State Policy, National Institute for Literacy 1775 I Street, NW, Suite 730 Washington, DC 20006 ******************************************************************* Volume 1, Issue 2: October 15, 2001 CONTENTS 1. Interim Director Appointed at NIFL 2. Congress Proposes $55 Million Increase for Adult Literacy 3. ILN Launches National Literacy Campaign 4. LINCS Hits the Three Million Mark 5. Texas Launches Statewide Effort to Coordinate LD Activities 6. Legislative Update 7. Calendar ******************************************************************* 1. INTERIM DIRECTOR APPOINTED AT NIFL Dr. Sandra Baxter has been named Interim Director of the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL). Dr. Baxter manages The Partnership for Reading, a collaborative effort by NIFL, the US Department of Education, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to make evidence-based reading research available to everyone with an interest in helping children and adults read well. Prior to joining the Institute, Dr. Baxter was a Senior Evaluator at the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) where her work focused on federal education programs. She earned a doctoral degree in administration, planning, and social policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1995. She holds a Master of Education degree in guidance and counseling from Loyola College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Howard University. The National Institute for Literacy was created by Congress in 1991 to provide national leadership on literacy issues and to serve as a national resource for adult education and literacy programs. An Interagency Group composed of the Secretaries of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services and a Presidentially-appointed Advisory Board guide the Institute's work. By law, the Advisory Board is required to make recommendations to the Interagency Group regarding a new permanent director. The Interagency Group will then appoint the new permanent director. Dr. Baxter replaces Dr. Andrew Hartman, who left the Institute to join a child and family advocacy organization in Colorado. 2. CONGRESS PROPOSES A $55 MILLION INCREASE FOR ADULT LITERACY On October 11, the U.S. House of Representatives approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 funding levels for a variety of federal literacy programs. Under the House proposal, Adult Education State Grants would receive $595 million in FY '02, which is a $55 million increase over last year. On the same day, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved its version of the bill. Once the full Senate approves its bill, the House and Senate will begin the process of negotiating a final funding level, which will then be sent to the President for approval. More information on these two issues can be found in the most recent NIFL Policy Update at http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/policy/updates/01-10-12.html 3. ILN LAUNCHES NATIONAL LITERACY CAMPAIGN The newly formed International Literacy Network (ILN), a consortium of 21 literacy organizations, recently launched a new literacy campaign to "Get Ready For Life" to fight low literacy. The campaign, which is being underwritten by Verizon Corporation, will target the public and policymakers. 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