Good jobs in the nation’s 21st century economy require advanced literacy skills such as categorizing, evaluating, and drawing conclusions from written texts. The adoption of the Common Core State Standards by nearly all states, combined with tough literacy assessments that are now under development, will demonstrate that the literacy skills of average students fall below international standards and that the gap in literacy skills between students from advantaged and disadvantaged families is huge.
On October 2, Princeton University and the Brookings Institution will release the latest issue of The Future of Children—a journal focusing on research and practice on vital children’s issues—which examines the teaching of literacy in American public schools. Journal co-editor Richard Murnane will provide an overview of the issue’s contents.
Ron Haskins of Brookings will present findings from an accompanying policy brief proposing a plan for closing the literacy gap between students from advantaged and disadvantaged families. Following the presentations, a panel of experts and advocates will discuss the literacy gap and the plan for closing the gap.
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After the program, the speakers will take questions from the audience.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
9:00 – 11:00 AMThe Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
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