>Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:57:04 -0500

>From: OVAE <OVAE at ed.gov>

>Subject: February OVAE Review

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>THE REVIEW

>(Vocational and Technical Education; High Schools; Adult Education and 

>Literacy; and Community Colleges)

>February 28, 2005

>Susan K. Sclafani, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary

>Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)

>U.S. Department of Education

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>The Review is a monthly update from the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

>at the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education.

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>The full text of the OVAE Review can be viewed at 

><<http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/ovaereview/orev022805.html>http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/ovaereview/orev022805.html> 

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>Angela Desrochers, Editor

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>SECONDARY, CAREER, AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

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>The 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools, held in Washington, DC

>The 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools, sponsored by the 

>National Governors Association (NGA) and Achieve, Inc., in partnership 

>with the Business Roundtable, the James B. Hunt Institute, and the 

>Education Commission of the States, was held in Washington, DC, on 

>February 26 and 27.  During the high school summit and the NGA Annual 

>Winter Meeting that follows this week, the governors, lead by NGA Chairman 

>Virginia Gov. Mark Warner and NGA Vice Chairman Arkansas Gov. Mike 

>Huckabee, met with education and business leaders, the president, 

>administration officials, and congressional leaders.

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>Full Story 

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>Meeting Announcement Reminder

>As previously announced in the last issue of the OVAE Review, the OVAE 

>State Administration and Accountability Group (SAAG) will be hosting three 

>meetings to provide current legislative information and technical 

>assistance in such areas as financial management and data analysis for 

>state officials who administer Perkins grants.  The meetings will be held 

>in the spring and summer of 2005.  Please see the descriptions below for 

>the dates and topics of these meetings.

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>Full Story 

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>ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY

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>Assistant Secretary Susan Sclafani kicks off STAR Pilot

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>Assistant Secretary Susan Sclafani welcomed 350 teachers and program 

>directors from six states participating in OVAE s Student Achievement in 

>Reading (STAR) project to a live webcast February 28.  Participating 

>states included California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Ohio, and South 

>Dakota.  The two-day webcast kicked off a series of training sessions, as 

>OVAE rolled out its new reading toolkit to the participating states and 

>local pilot programs.  The webcast featured sessions led by reading 

>experts Mary Beth Curtis and John Strucker, focusing on the components of 

>reading instruction.   Capacity-building activities designed to support 

>reading reform were also included.

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>Full Story 

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>COMMUNITY COLLEGES

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>AACC/ACCT s National Legislative Summit in Washington, DC

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>The American Association of Community Colleges and the Association of 

>Community College Trustees held their annual National Legislative Summit 

>in Washington, DC, on February 13-16.  The event, which drew over 1200 

>attendees, is held to influence public policy to benefit community 

>colleges and their students.

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>On Tuesday morning, First Lady Laura Bush addressed the conference on the 

>Helping America s Youth initiative.  She talked about the importance of 

>helping at risk students, especially those coming from low-income 

>families, to realize that higher education doesn t have to be a dream, but 

>rather that it can be a reality.  She also went on to praise community 

>colleges for their role in expanding education access to all.  She said, 

>Community colleges have changed the paradigm of higher education in 

>America.  By making education accessible to all, you re building a nation 

>of learners.

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>Full Story 

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>OVAE to Release Major Study of Community College Students

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>With larger high school graduating classes over the past decade, it is not 

>surprising that the proportion of community college students under the age 

>of 22 has increased from 32 to 42 percent.  The paths of this increasingly 

>important population to and through the community college are described 

>and analyzed in a new OVAE research monograph, Moving Into Town-and Moving 

>On: the Community College in the Lives of Traditional-age Students.

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>Full Story 

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