[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: [EXT] Re: Margaret Meek Spencer

Tue May 19 18:13:08 BST 2020

Thanks, Yetta.  The blog I posted on ILA website comes from the heart.

On the other matter, It is a good idea keep asking ourselves who is missing.

pdp

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 10:06 AM Yetta Goodman <ygoodman at u.arizona.edu>
wrote:

> Dear David,
>
> I believe I have yet to thank you for the letter you wrote about Ken. I am
> trying, much too slowly, to try to send out
> a thank you to everyone who has emailed, sent a card or in other ways
> contacted me about Ken.  In my attempt to let folks
> know how touched I have been by their reaching out to me, I have
> discovered some other RHF issues and wanted to ask
> you if you have any similar concerns or thoughts.
> ask y ou if you have any s. personal
>
> I am so surprised to discover that Margaret Meek Spencer (who recently
> died) is not a Reading Hall of Fame member.
>  And when I check the RHF membership, I become aware that there are other
> language/literacy scholars from the
> London Institute of Education who are not in the Reading Hall of Fame:
> Harold Rosen and Margaret are only two of other
> possibilities.  I just thought I'd check with you before I speak with
> Henrietta Dombey, who is a member from Brighton to join
> me in nominating these two who I have learned so much from during my
> career. Do you have any additional information to
> add to my concerns. Also, I just thought of Michael Rosen as well.
>  Yetta
> On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 2:46 PM P Pearson <ppearson at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
>> *External Email*
>> I never had the privilege of interacting extensively with Margaret, but I
>> found her written work, particularly On Being Literate and How Texts
>> Teach... , very insightful.  We are losing too many colleagues.
>> pdavid
>>
>> On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 2:07 PM Jan Turbill <jturbill at uow.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes sad news. Margaret Meek Spencer was a strong advocate for
>>> children’s literature and literacy learning. Her work influenced curriculum
>>> in NSW in the 80s. Her legacy lives on.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jan Turbill
>>> jturbill at uow.edu.au
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jan Turbill
>>> jturbill at uow.edu.au
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On 8 May 2020, at 5:28 am, Brian Cambourne <bcambrn at uow.edu.au> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> Another sad loss to our community. Our ranks are too quickly thinning.
>>> We need some Torchlighters to pass the RHF’s torch to.
>>> Take care of yourselves.
>>>  Brian Cambourne
>>>
>>> On 7 May 2020, at 11:37 pm, Norman Stahl <flowercjs at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> from Denny Taylor's FB post of 10 hours ago...
>>>
>>> I received a sad note today from the UK to let me know Margaret Meek
>>> Spencer is no longer with us. When I think of Margaret I think of her
>>> incredible strength and indomitable spirit. She will remain in my heart for
>>> ever. Her participation in the great women's scholars forums 10 days after
>>> September 11th will always be with me. It is like a movie that I watch in
>>> odd moments - especially in times of disaster, like now. I was thinking of
>>> Margaret two days ago in this way and I will continue to do so. Yetta
>>> M. Goodman
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/ymgoodman?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARAL9HJe7GCWeLkRYghHuygqqO3shbGxBPPmGtjX0lhg74wUnM2jFsV79KyFONmQyIDEFy-fuuAGHVba&fref=mentions>,
>>> Maxine Greene and Louise Rosenblatt also participated in the forum and I
>>> see them also - their gestures as well as their words. Each great scholar
>>> was a tower of strength at a time when their guidance and love made it
>>> possible to go on. All of their presentations are in this little book which
>>> I keep with me always.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Norman Stahl
>>> flowercjs at aol.com
>>> Historian Reading Hall of Fame
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