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

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November 14, 2014

9:30 am

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Events, News, Schemel Forum

Join us on Monday 11/24 for a
Schemel Forum World Affairs Luncheon
with Judith Renyi, Ph.D.

Executive Director, The Mayor’s Commission on Literacy, Philadelphia

The Great Learning Gap & 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. It found that 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.

Noon to 1:30pm, Brennan Hall, Rose Room, 509

RSVP Here or email emily.brees@scranton.edu