The following is posted on behalf of Katherine Safford-Ramus.

The fifteenth annual conference of Adults Learning Mathematics - A  
Research Forum (ALM), A Declaration of Numeracy: Empowering Adults  
through Mathematics Education, will be held in Philadelphia,  
Pennsylvania from June 30, 2008 to July 3, 2008.  ALM is an  
international research forum that brings together those engaged and  
interested in research and developments in the field of adult  
mathematics/numeracy teaching and learning.  The ALM conference has  
not met in the United States since 2000 and offers American educators  
a unique opportunity to meet colleagues from around the world who  
share their interest in adult mathematics education.  Information  
about the 2008 conference can be found on the ALM website www.alm- 
online.net.  The conference organizer is Kathy Safford,  
ksafford at spc.edu.

Katherine Safford-Ramus, Ed.D.

Associate Professor

Mathematics Department

Saint Peter's College

Jersey City, New Jersey


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