LECTURER TO DISCUSS LITERACY ISSUES

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 12 -- Darrell Morris, the founder
of an innovative reading program for children, will speak at the
University of Virginia March 22 at 8:30 a.m. in Old Cabell Hall
auditorium.  As the 1997 George Graham Lecturer in Reading, Morris
will speak on "Intervention Programs:  The Key to Reading Success."
	Because Morris realized that some children need additional
help in achieving literacy, he established 10 years ago the Howard
Street Tutoring Program in Chicago, in which volunteer tutors, working
with third-grade children in an empty storefront near their school,
provided a balanced "diet" of reading, writing and word study.  That
work has since evolved into in-school and out-of-school intervention
programs in several states.  Morris will describe best practices from
these intervention programs.
	Morris, a U.Va. graduate who is currently a professor at
Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, continues his work with
children who need assistance in learning to read.  He is the author of
"Case Studies in Beginning Reading; The Howard Street Tutoring
Manual," as well as many articles on spelling development and reading
intervention.
	George Graham, a graduate of U.Va.'s Curry School of
Education, was committed to promoting literacy.  He became an editor
at Houghton-Mifflin publishing firm.
	The Morris talk requires a $40 registration fee.  For more
information, call 1-800-FIND UVA or the TEMPO office at (804)
924-7242.
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March 11, 1997
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