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Schemel Forum Luncheon - Judith Renyi: The Great Learning Gap

Monday, 24 November, 2014

JUDITH RENYI, Ph.D.
Executive Director, The Mayor’s Commission on Literacy, Philadelphia

The Great Learning Gap and Why We Must Do Something About It

In October 2013 an international study of literacy revealed that the US had fallen below average among 23 first world countries.  OECD’s Time to Reskill found 36 million US adults are functioning too low in reading, writing and mathematics and the ability to solve problems in a technology-rich environment to get or keep jobs.  Dr. Renyi will discuss the US Department of Education’s response to workforce development crisis and the innovations piloted In Philadelphia to reskill Americans on a large scale. 

Free to Schemel Forum Members & University of Scranton Faculty, Staff and Students.

RSVPS requested.

 

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Emily Brees

Phone: 5709416206
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Brennan Hall, Rose Room (509)

320 Madison Avenue
 Scranton, PA 18510