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  • With a grant from the Annenberg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Annenberg/CPB), Maryland Public Television (MPT) is producing a television series based on the envisionment research of Judith Langer. The high school series will be broadcasted beginning in the fall of 2001. Filming for the middle level series began in January and the programs will be ready in the fall of 2002.

Deborah Brandt

  • CELA researcher Deborah Brandt addressed the Education Summit of the Madison Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on December 1, 2000. In spring 2001, she will be the Culbertson Lecturer in Composition and Rhetoric at Indiana University.
  • U.S. Department of Education (OERI) has awarded the National Research Center on English Learning & Achievement (CELA) an additional $5.3 million to extend its national leadership on student literacy learning and achievement.

Peter Johnston

  • New York State Reading Association (NYSRA) recently honored Peter Johnston with its 2000 Distinguished Reading Service Award for his outstanding contribution to the field of reading and literacy. Johnston's research concentrates on what children learn as they are taught to read and write, and how assessment practices affect teachers and their students. Johnston has authored numerous articles, chapters, and books, including his most recent, Knowing Literacy: Constructive Literacy Assessment.

Jacqueline Marino

  • CELA is pleased to welcome Jacqueline Marino to the position of Coordinator of Instructional & Professional Development. Jackie, who comes to CELA from New York State Education Department (NYSED), recently received the 2000 Fellow Award from New York State English Council (NYSEC). At CELA, she will work with instructional facilitators, teachers, and administrators to develop the instructional program that is essential to Partnership for Literacy.

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