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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>You certainly can distribute it as you see fit, it
is a public letter. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>REGISTER TO TAKE THE NATIONAL CERTIFICATION IN LITERARY BRAILLE (NCLB) Exam
<BR><A
href="http://www.nbpcb.org/pages/announcements.php">http://www.nbpcb.org/pages/announcements.php</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Director, Professional Development and Research<BR>Institute on
Blindness<BR>Louisiana Tech University<BR>210 Woodard Hall<BR>PO Box
3158<BR>Ruston LA 71272<BR>Office: 318.257.4554 <BR>Fax: 318.257.2259
(Fax)<BR>Skype: edwardbell2010<BR><A
href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu">ebell@latech.edu</A><BR><A
href="http://www.latech.edu/instituteonblindness">www.latech.edu/instituteonblindness</A><BR>********************<BR>"I
am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain
than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in
cotton fields and sweatshops." <BR>-- Stephen Jay Gould </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=marianne@denningweb.com
href="mailto:marianne@denningweb.com">Marianne Denning</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pibe-division@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:pibe-division@nfbnet.org">Professionals in Blindness Education
Division List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 19, 2013 7:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Pibe-division] Fw: Braille
Letter has Cleared!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>This is great! Can we distribute this letter?<BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Edward Bell <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu"
target=_blank>ebell@latech.edu</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>FYI,<BR><BR>See the attached letter from the U.S.
Department of Education that calls for increased attention to the need for
better instruction in braille.<BR><BR><BR>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC,
NOMC<BR><BR>REGISTER TO TAKE THE NATIONAL CERTIFICATION IN LITERARY BRAILLE
(NCLB) Exam<BR><A href="http://www.nbpcb.org/pages/announcements.php"
target=_blank>http://www.nbpcb.org/pages/<U></U>announcements.php</A><BR><BR>Director,
Professional Development and Research<BR>Institute on Blindness<BR>Louisiana
Tech University<BR>210 Woodard Hall<BR>PO Box 3158<BR>Ruston LA
71272<BR>Office: <A href="tel:318.257.4554" target=_blank
value="+13182574554">318.257.4554</A><BR>Fax: <A href="tel:318.257.2259"
target=_blank value="+13182572259">318.257.2259</A> (Fax)<BR>Skype:
edwardbell2010<BR><A href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu"
target=_blank>ebell@latech.edu</A><BR><A
href="http://www.latech.edu/instituteonblindness"
target=_blank>www.latech.edu/<U></U>instituteonblindness</A><BR>********************<BR>"I
am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's
brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and
died in cotton fields and sweatshops."<BR>-- Stephen Jay Gould<BR>-----
Original Message ----- From: "Harris, Jill" <<A
href="mailto:Jill.Harris@ed.gov"
target=_blank>Jill.Harris@ed.gov</A>><BR>To: <<A
href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu"
target=_blank>ebell@latech.edu</A>><BR>Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
12:30 PM<BR>Subject: Braille Letter has Cleared!<BR><BR><BR>Professor
Bell,<BR><BR>Thank you for your help with this letter to the field. It
cleared today and I wanted you to be the first to have it. I look
forward to working with you again.<BR><BR><BR>Jill Harris, ESQ.<BR>Office of
Planning and Policy<BR>OSERS<BR>US Department of
Education<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Pibe-division
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clear=all><BR>-- <BR>
<DIV>Marianne Denning, TVI, MA</DIV>
<DIV>Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired</DIV>
<DIV>(513) 607-6053</DIV></DIV>
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