Dear Discussion List subscribers,

	As the National Institute for Literacy enters a new fiscal year, we
have taken steps to streamline the way we deliver professional development
through our discussion lists. A major change that will directly affect you
is the closing of the Content Standards and Program Leadership & Improvement
lists as of October 30, 2006.

The Institute would like to thank Aaron Kohring for moderating the Content
Standards List and Peggy Maguire for moderating the Program Leadership &
Improvement List. They have worked hard to bring relevant issues to the
forefront and to stimulate discussions that help explore issues of content
standards and program leadership and improvement. We will continue to
provide access to discussion archives on our website.

	We recognize that many of the issues that impact Content Standards
and Program Leadership & Improvement carry across all the subject areas of
other Discussion Lists. For that reason, we invite you to subscribe to any
or all of our other Discussion Lists. We encourage you to be active
participants in these lists.

	The Institute's lists include:

	Adult Literacy Professional Development 
	Assessment 
	Adult English Language Learners
	Family Literacy 
	Focus on Basics 
	Health & Literacy 
	Learning Disabilities 
	Poverty, Race, Women and Literacy*
	Special Topics 
	Technology & Literacy 
	Workplace Literacy

	Descriptions and instructions on how to register for the Institute's
Discussion Lists can be found at
http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/discussions.html

* Please note that we are combining the Women and Literacy List with the
Poverty, Race and Literacy List as of November 6, 2006, because the issues
that affect one list, often overlap with issues on the other list.

My Linh Nguyen
Associate Director of Communications
National Institute for Literacy
(202) 233-2041
fax (202) 233-2050
mnguyen at nifl.gov