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SUMMARY:Time to Act\: Panel Discussion on Adolescent Literacy
DESCRIPTION:Description:From Angela Maiers' Blog:

We Need Your Voice! : Adolescent Literacy Panel

A consistent rally cry heard throughout educational conferences and conversations is the need for more teacher input into future education policy and practice. Those on the front line know best about what our children need, but have far too few options to share their suggestions and concerns with the researchers and policy makers BEFORE the decisions are made.

I am thrilled to see this beginning to change. I am very honored and excited to present to all those concerned about adolescent literacy and learning an opportunity to share your thoughts and concerns with the team at The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the members from the TIme to Act Adolescent Literacy Panel for a discussion of their <a href="http://blog.eduflack.com/2009/09/15/a-time-to-act.aspx" target="_blank">groundbreaking report</a> set to shape the upcoming agenda for literacy reform and initiatives.

On October 19, panel members will be highlighting the major themes and outcomes of their findings and welcome your input and suggestions as they move forward in their recommendations. I have provided their bios to help guide you as you submit your thoughts and questions. You can share you questions here or to send then to me via Twitter at @angelamaiers.

If you have not had a chance to do so, I urge you to take at look at this amazing body of research. The full report, <a href="http://www.carnegie.org/literacy/tta/pdf/tta_Main.pdf" target="_blank">Time to Act</a>, as well as the five corresponding reports, which delve deeper into how to advance literacy and learning for all students, including such topics as the cost of implementing adolescent literacy programs and reading in the disciplines: (See <a href="http://www.angelamaiers.com/2009/10/we-need-your-voice-adolscent-literacy-panel-on-elluminate-oct-19.html" target="_blank">Angela's original post</a> for all links.)

Reading in the Disciplines: The Challenges of Adolescent Literacy, by Carol D. Lee Ph.D. and Anika Spratley, Northwestern University
Adolescent Literacy Development in Out of School Time: A Practitioner's Guide,<a href="http://blog.reading.org/archives/003203.html">http://blog.reading.org/archives/003203.html</a> by Elizabeth Birr Moje and Nicole Tysvaer, University of Michigan
Measure for Measure: A Critical Consumer's Guide to Reading Comprehension Assessments for Adolescents, by Leila Morsey, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Michael Kieffer, Teachers College, Columbia University; Catherine Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Adolescent Literacy Programs: Costs of Implementation, by Henry M. Levin, Doran Catlin, and Alex Elson, Teachers College, Columbia University
Adolescent Literacy and Textbooks: An Annotated Bibliography, by Michael Kamil, Stanford University\nLink back to event (URL): http://www.learncentral.org/node/29423\n
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