Hello everyone,
I have just returned from the International Reading Association Government Relations Conference for 2007. Of note to Adolescent Literacy folks is the reauthorization of NCLB and the Striving Readers Act. Striving Readers will make grants available for districts to support students in grades 4-12. Watch the legislation on this closely. Previous Reading First grants have required an experimental design, and the 8 Striving reader grants given out last year required it as well. There is word that they may relax that requirement so that schools can provide services to all students, not just those randomly selected.
Go to Massreading.org to sign up for this year's Massachusetts Reading Association conference. Participants are invited to an Adolescent Literacy Networking Tea at the end of the day on Thursday, March 15, 2007, sponsored by Sundance/Newbridge.
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