Kentucky Reading Association

Adolescent Literacy

 

Ø      Adolescent Literacy Forum, September 20, 2007

• Adolescent Literacy Forum Agenda
• Cathy Bailey: “21st Century Literacies”  

Ø      KRA Legislative Issues Luncheon, September 22, 2007  

• KRA Legislative Issues Luncheon Agenda
• Mel Riddile: “We Spell Hope R-E-A-D”  

Ø      Summaries of national policy documents on Adolescent Literacy

 

Ø      Bibliography of national policy documents on Adolescent Literacy

 

KRA in the News

Ø      Congressman John Yarmuth

• Biography of John Yarmuth http://yarmuth.house.gov/?sectionid=28&sectiontree=6,28&itemid=8

 

• KRA Legislator of the Year Award http://yarmuth.house.gov/?sectionid=14&parentid=3&sectiontree=3,14&itemid=247

 

KRA Legislative Action Team

 

Kentucky Literacy Update

Ø      Interim Joint Committee on Education

Ø      Kentucky Education http://louisville.edu/~easchn01/kentucky/1educ.html

 

U.S. Literacy Update http://latadvisory.blogspot.com/

                                     http://edlabor.house.gov/

 

IRA Advocacy http://www.ira.org/association/advocacy/

 

Intellectual Freedom

Ø      American Library Association http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/Default622.htm

 

Ø      International Reading Association http://www.reading.org/association/about/committees_freedom.html

 

Ø      National Council Of Teachers of English http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/cens?source=gs