A UNESCO Chair in Learning and Literacy has been established at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education. The first of its kind at a U.S. school of education, the UNESCO Chair will focus on the achieving UN Millennium Development Goals in the area of basic education and literacy in the world's poorest countries.
Established within Penn's International Literacy Institute (ILI), the UNESCO Chair will be held by Dr. Daniel Wagner, a professor of education at Penn GSE and Director of the ILI.
UNESCO chairs are created as part of a bilateral partnership between UNESCO and universities committed to the goals of the United Nations. There are currently over 600 UNESCO chairs in 128 countries. The UNESCO Chair at Penn is the 18th chair in the United States.
To read the full announcement on Penn Almanac, visit here.