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Improving the Literacy Skills of Children and Young Adults

Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee | 2175 Rayburn H.O.B Washington, DC, | Nov 19, 2009 10:00am

On Thursday, November 19,  the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, chaired by U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI), will hold a hearing to review current federal literacy initiatives and explore ways to improve the reading comprehension skills of all children from birth through high school. Recent data show 69 percent of eighth graders and 65 percent of twelfth graders cannot read at or above grade level.

Opening Statements

Dale Kildee (MI)

Witnesses

Mary Kay Doré, District Student Support Services Manager
Summit School District
Frisco, Colorado

Dr. Leo Gómez, Professor of Bilingual/Bicultural Education
College of Education-The University of Texas Pan American
Edinburg, Texas

Andrés Henríquez, Program Officer
National Program
Carnegie Corporation of New York
New York, NY

Dr. Dorothy Strickland, Professor Emeritus
Rutgers
the State University of New Jersey
Newark, NJ

Mr. Larry Berger, CEO and Co-Founder
Wireless Generation
Washington, D.C.

Ms. Sandra D. Meyers, Ed.D., Education Associate, Reading
Reading/Literacy Cadre, Delaware Department of Education
Dover, DE

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