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 Network Staff Bios Mary Beth Curtis
Mary Beth Curtis is the founding director of the Boys Town Reading Center, Nebraska. Before joining Boys Town USA in 1990, she was Associate Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Associate Director of the Harvard Reading Laboratory. She earned her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, and did postdoctoral work at the Learning Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Mary Beth is the lead author of the STAR Tool Kit and spearheads program evaluation activities for the National STAR Training Network.
John Strucker
John Strucker is a research associate at NCSALL and the Principal Investigator for the Adult Diagnostic Reading Study. A Lecturer at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, he teaches a course in developing reading in adults. He taught ABE for 11 years at the Community Learning Center in Cambridge, MA, and, before that, worked as a labor and community organizer in Chicago. John has a lead role in the development of technical assistance resources and policy analysis for the National STAR Training Network.
Laura Bercovitz
Laura Bercovitz is the manager of the Adult Learning Resource Center and has been working in adult education professional development and technical assistance for northern Illinois for over 20 years. Laurie is the lead developer of STAR training and oversees the National Training Cadre. She serves as co-principal investigator for one of six 5-year research studies on adult literacy ("Testing the Impact of Health Literacy") funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute for Literacy and the U.S. Department of Education. Laurie also manages the Illinois Even Start Leadership Project.
Jane Meyer
Jane Meyer graduated from Miami University in Oxford Ohio with a B.S. in Elementary Education with a concentration in Educational Media and a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Supervision. Jane has worked as a volunteer tutor, family literacy teacher, Even Start Facilitator, and is currently Coordinator of Adult Basic and Literacy Education for Canton City Schools in Canton, Ohio. Jane has served the STAR project as coordinator of a local pilot site, member of the Ohio STAR leadership team, national reading and capacity trainer, and in assisting with the development of the STAR Tool Kit and training.
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