Baron Holmes, director of Kids Count SC, will be the featured speaker for an Early Learning Forum at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, in the Wall Auditorium at Coastal Carolina University. A 5:30 p.m. reception sponsored by Literacy Alive will precede the forum. Both are free and open to the public.

This is the first in a series of community discussions about contemporary educational research and the importance of educating South Carolina's children. Following Holmes' talk, there will be an expert panel discussion on curriculum and policy implications of early learning research.

Teachers, students, childcare providers, business and civic leaders are invited.

The forum is sponsored by CCU's Spadoni College of Education Center for Educational Research and Evaluation.

To register or for more information, call Lynne Brock at 843-349-2629 or lynne@coastal.edu.