[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Reading Association Creates Literacy Research Panel

Mon Feb 6 13:03:14 GMT 2012

I thought this was the project Bob Calfee and Ken Goodman were working on - eliciting papers on reading education policy from Hall of Famers?  Could be wrong.

On Feb 5, 2012, at 7:23 PM, Nicholson, Tom wrote:

> I would have thought that responding to critical issues is better suited to the Hall of Fame
>  
> why look for other actors when you have a cast of Leonardo DiCaprios and Meg Ryans in the hall of fame?
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> From: reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Rob Tierney [rob.tierney at sydney.edu.au]
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> Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Reading Association Creates Literacy Research Panel
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> I would argue that one or two representative from outside the US will not suffice.  
> 
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> On 4/02/12 2:31 PM, "P. David Pearson" <ppearson at berkeley.edu> wrote:
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> Point well taken.  Since the piece was written, Peter Freebody has agreed to serve a member of the panel.  But I'd like one more international member.  I'd be thrilled to receive your suggestions off line.
> 
> We are still seeking a teacher member of the panel.  Again, off line suggestions are welcome.
> 
> David
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> On Feb 3, 2012, at 3:04 PM, Brian Cambourne wrote:
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>  Dear RHF Members,
> According to Education Week the following IRA members have been appointed to a ' Literacy Research Panel' which has the role of 'respond(ing) to critical issues in literacy by translating research into practical recommendations':
> •Peter Afflerbach, University of Maryland
> • Nell Duke, Michigan State University
> • Virginia Goatley, University of Albany (and IRA Research Director)
> • John Guthrie, University of Maryland
> • Kris Gutierrez, University of Colorado, Boulder
> • Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University
> • Peter Johnston, University of Albany
> • Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin-Madison
> • Nonie Leseaux, Harvard University
> • Elizabeth Moje, University of Michigan
> • Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar, University of Michigan
> • P. David Pearson, University of California, Berkeley
> • Victoria Risko, Vanderbilt University (and IRA President)
> • Timothy Shanahan, University of Illinois at Chicago
> • Catherine Snow, Harvard University
> • Karen Wixson, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
> 
> While each member may may be highly qualified the majority are US citizens. All are situated in the USA. I was under the impression that the ' I' in IRA  stood for 'INTERNATIONAL' . Why are there no INTERNATIONAL scholars on this panel? Especially from countries whose students perform well on international  comparisons? Are there no Finnish, Singaporean, New Zealand, Australian, Canadian, UK, or European scholars with  sufficient credentials to at least be a token INTERNATIONAL repesentative on this panel? 
> 
> The implication that only USA scholars have sufficient epxertise to be members of  such a panel is professionally insulting to non-USA based scholars who are also members of IRA. Is it simply an unfortunate oversight? Or does it reflect unbridled ethnocentrisim? Is it time to remove the ' INTER-' from IRA and call the organisation the NRA?
> I'm interested in other RHF members' opinions on this matter. 
> Sincerely,
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