With the growing calls for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, we are starting to see movement on Capitol Hill – and literacy education is taking center stage.

On Thursday, the Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Labor held a hearing titled Improving the Literacy Skills of Children and Young Adults.

President Obama has nominated Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier to be the new Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education. NCFL applauds this nomination and looks forward to great progress under Dr. Dann-Messier’s leadership.