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Media Advisory
Office of News and Information
Johns Hopkins University
3003 N. Charles Street, Suite 100
Baltimore, Maryland 21218-3843
Phone: (410) 516-7160 | Fax (410) 516-5251
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May 8, 2003 |
To: |
Education reporters, editors, producers |
From: |
Amy Cowles, (410) 516-7160,
amycowles@jhu.edu |
Re: |
Panel to address "summer slide" learning
loss
Reading is Fundamental (RIF) and The Johns Hopkins
University Center for Summer Learning will co-host a media
forum on Monday, May 12, to discuss the dramatic learning
losses many children experience each summer. Led by Ray
Suarez, senior correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer, panelists will focus on which kids are most at-
risk during the summer break, current interventions to keep
them from being left behind, and a roadmap for future
initiatives to keep kids off the summer slide. |
Panelists: |
Carol H. Rasco, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
president and CEO;
Ron Fairchild, executive director, The Johns Hopkins
University Center for Summer Learning;
Karl Alexander, John Dewey Professor of Sociology at The
Johns Hopkins University;
Rachel Tompkins, president, The Rural School and Community
Trust. |
When: |
Monday, May 12, 8:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. |
Where: |
National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge,
13th Floor, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. |
Contact: |
For more information, contact Ron Fairchild,
executive director of Teach Baltimore, at 410-516-6221, or
Craig Culp of RIF at 202-673-1683. |
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