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			Sam Redding honored for 50 years of service in the field of 
			education 
 
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            [September 06, 2018]  
			
			LINCOLN 
			- This week, Academic Development Institute (ADI) recognized its 
			founder and past Executive Director, Dr. Sam Redding, for 50 years 
			of service in the field of education.   | 
        
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			 Dr. Redding was recognized with an inscribed globe, 
			representing his world-wide career, and a luncheon. 
			Dr. Redding began his educational work in Leroy, 
			teaching a special education classroom. He also served as the Dean 
			of Lincoln College before beginning his own non-profit business, ADI, 
			in Lincoln, in 1984.  
			Dr. Redding has travelled all over the United States 
			working from the classroom to state departments of education. He was 
			chosen by the U.S. Department of Education to travel to Japan to 
			present ideas on school improvement. He has also worked in Puerto 
			Rico and most recently, in the Virgin Islands.  
			
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			He is pictured with an educator in the Virgin Islands 
			from a recent trip working on the Virgin Island Department of 
			Education’s system of support to their schools.  
			Dr. Redding has received cards and emails from all 
			over the country congratulating him on this milestone. 
				 
		[Pam Sheley] |