德雷塞尔大学正式启动ALLIED读写中心 330万美元联邦拨款支持、今日剪彩
德雷塞尔大学本周正式启动新设的 ALLIED 读写中心（全称 Advocacy, Leadership, Learning, Implementation, Educational Policy and Data Hub）。启动仪式分三天举行：10月15日晚在 Loch Aerie Mansion 举行启动招待会，演员、作家兼阅读障碍倡导者阿米尔·巴拉卡（Ameer Baraka）发表主旨演讲；10月16日下午2时，中心位于Philadelphia大学城校区市场街3401号三楼的办公空间举行剪彩仪式；10月17日还将举办「阅读科学日」峰会。
该中心由美国教育部本月早些时候授予德雷塞尔大学教育学院的330万美元 SEED（有效教育者发展支持）拨款支持，工作重点是把读写研究成果更快带进课堂，并连接教师培训、教育政策与社区资源。学校表示，中心还将依托这笔拨款开设新的教育博士（EdD）读写方向。
中心首任主任洛里·塞韦里诺（Lori Severino）此前在德雷塞尔官网的问答中介绍了中心的工作路线，包括为教师提供培训与资源、为家长和倡导者提供免费材料。校方在发布中引用的联邦国家教育统计中心（NCES）数据显示，美国四年级学生阅读达到熟练水平的比例约为31%，八年级约为30%。
德雷塞尔大学位于宾夕法尼亚州Philadelphia，其教育学院设在文理学院之下。校方表示，ALLIED 中心将与全国读写专家、学区和社区伙伴合作推进后续项目。
Drexel Formally Launches ALLIED Literacy Hub Backed by $3.3M Federal Grant, Ribbon-Cutting Today
Drexel University formally launched its new ALLIED literacy hub this week — the Advocacy, Leadership, Learning, Implementation, Educational Policy and Data Hub. Launch events span three days: a reception on the evening of October 15 at Loch Aerie Mansion, keynoted by actor, author and dyslexia advocate Ameer Baraka; a ribbon-cutting on October 16 at 2 p.m. for the hub's space on the third floor of 3401 Market Street on Drexel's University City campus in Philadelphia; and a Science of Reading Day summit on October 17.
The hub is supported by a $3.3 million Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant that the U.S. Department of Education awarded earlier this month to Drexel's School of Education, within the College of Arts and Sciences. Its work focuses on moving literacy research into classroom practice more quickly and connecting educator training, policy and community resources. The university says the hub will also support a new EdD concentration in literacy.
Lori Severino serves as the hub's inaugural director and has outlined its roadmap in a university Q&A, including training and resources for teachers and free materials for parents and advocates. Federal data from the National Center for Education Statistics cited by the university put the share of U.S. fourth graders reading at a proficient level at about 31 percent, and eighth graders at about 30 percent.
Drexel said the hub will work with national literacy experts, school districts and community partners on follow-up projects.
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