Three February Events! Penn Reading Initiative - Energy the Next 50
Years - Balancing Civility & Free Express for Effective Governance
Toyota Auditorium - Free & Open to the Public!
Feb. 7 @ 7 pm - Penn Reading Initiative: A student-run tutorial program for
improving reading is helping Philadelphia schools improve reading while learning
about linguistics
Dr. Bill Labov, a sociolinguist at the University of Pennsylvania will discuss his
work in inner city Philadelphia schools. He will talk about how his student
tutors (Penn undergrads enrolled in his ABCS courses) are using his program
and showing results. Drew School (a low income Philadelphia elementary school)
saw a 50% improvement in the number of proficient readers in the 3rd grade
from 2003‐2006. Labov said, "PRI allows us to treat children as individuals,
adjust to their learning styles, and change 'I hate to read into I love reading.'"
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Feb. 21, 3:30-5 pm - Baker Forum on Energy & the Environment - Energy: The
Next 50 Years
Dr. George Crabtree, Senior Scientist, Distinguished Fellow and Associate
Division Director in the Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
will present a talk. Co-sponsored by TNSCORE
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and THREE TENNESSEE GOVERNORS will discuss civility and free expression on
Feb. 21, 7 pm...
Balancing Civility & Free Expression . . . for effective governance
Join our distinguished panel of former and present Tennessee governors for this
important discussion on civility and free expression for effective governance.
We will explore civility on the campaign trail and in debates, civility within the
legislature, and civility and citizen interaction with government. And who
better to discuss this issue than our present and two former Tennessee
governors, Gov. Bill Haslam, Gov. Phil Bredesen and Gov. Don Sundquist. The
panel will be moderated by Memphis attorney and UT alum, Bill Haltom.
The Tennessee Bar Association has partnered with the ABA Division for Public
Education as part of Civility and Free Expression in a Constitutional Democracy-
A National Dialogue. This program is made possible through the National
Endowment for the Humanities Bridging Cultures initiative. Also sponsored by
the Baker Center, First Amendment Center and UT College of Law.
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