Albright College’s graduate program in education will present its third annual forum, Living With the New No Child Left Behind on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, from 7-9 p.m.  This event will take place in Memorial Chapel.  It is free and open to the public.  Following the panel discussion will be a question and answer session.

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) is a controversial United States federal law that aims to improve the performance of primary and secondary schools by increasing the standards of accountability for states, school districts and schools.  While this act promotes improved teacher quality and test scores, attention to minority populations, and choice of public school, the issues of lowered expectations of students to ensure compliance with standards make the effectiveness of NCLB a hotly debated topic.

This event will be a presentation of the issues and their impact within and beyond the classroom.

Introductions will be made by Dr. Sarel Fuchs, Albright College graduate dean.  Members of the panel include The Honorable Dante Santoni, State Representative, House District 126; Dr. Shula Nedley, director of state testing and assessment in the Pennsylvania Department of Education; Louis Shucker, Esq., a member of the Schuylkill Valley School Board; Dr. William Hartman, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals; Russell Diesinger, a teacher at Reading High School representing the Reading Educator Association; and Dr. Joseph Yarworth, assistant professor of education at Albright College.

Memorial Chapel is located on the Albright campus at 13th and Bern Streets in Reading.  For more information or disabled assistance, contact Tiffany Lyle at 610-921-7856, or tlyle@alb.edu.

Founded in 1856, Albright College celebrates its Sesquicentennial in 2006. Albright is a nationally ranked, private college with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with an interdisciplinary focus. The College’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education. Albright College enrolls 1,625 undergraduates in traditional programs, and another 500 adult students in accelerated degree and graduate programs.