The Mayor's Adult Literacy Council discreetly published a long awaited report on DC's adult literacy problems and recommendations for solutions.
The report to Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is called, "Developing and Sustaining a System of Adult Literacy for the District of Columbia." The report happens to have a typo on the first page and is not visibly dated anywhere.
This adult literacy report is buried on the State Education Office website here. Because there was no apparent press conference or release about the report, one will be hard pressed to find any media coverage regarding this very important matter... bewildering.
The Mayor’s Adult Literacy Council 2007-2008 consists of:
* Victor Reinoso, Deputy Mayor for Education, District of Columbia, Co-Chair
* Anthony A. Lewis, President, Verizon Washington, DC, Co-Chair
* Vincent Gray, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia
* Deborah A. Gist, Superintendent, DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education
* Clarence Carter, Director, DC Department of Human Services
* Jeff Carter, Executive Director, DC LEARNs
* John B. Childers, President and CEO, Consortium of Universities
of the Washington Metropolitan Area
* Ginnie Cooper, Chief Librarian, DC Public Library
* William Couper, President, Bank of America, Mid-Atlantic Region
* John Hill, CEO, Federal City Council
* Stanley Jackson, Acting President, University of the District of Columbia
* Barbara Lang, President and CEO, DC Chamber of Commerce
* Mercedes Lemp, Director, DC Office of Latino Affairs
* Robert Malson, Executive Director, DC Hospital Association
* Stephen Porter, Senior Partner, Arnold and Porter, LLP
* Alice Rivlin, Ph.D., Director of Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
* Summer Spencer, Director, DC Department of Employment Services
* Sondra Stein, Ph.D., Manager (retired), National Work Readiness Credential Project/U.S. Chamber of Commerce
* Stacey Stewart, Sr. Vice President, Fannie Mae
* Joslyn Williams, President, Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO
Adult Literacy Council Staff
*Alexandra King, Ed.D., Manager Citywide Literacy Initiative, OSSE
* Marco Aguilar, Chief of Staff/Vice President, DC Chamber of Commerce
* Steph Cheng, Policy Analyst, EOM/OSSE
* Marcia Harrington, Director, Adult Literacy Resource Center, DCPL
* Keith Mitchell, DC Workforce Investment Council
* Maria Olivas, Verizon Washington, DC
* Glenda Partee, Ph.D., Senior Policy Associate, OSSE
* Jon Randle, Consultant, DC LEARNs
* David Rosen, Ed.D., Consultant
* Fonda Sutton, Interim Deputy Superintendent for Planning Performance and Public Engagement, OSSE
* Martha Ross, Senior Research Manager, The Brookings Institution
* Juanita Wade, Program Manager, Fannie Mae
Consultant
* John Comings, Ph.D., National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL),
Harvard University