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Background Information on Adult Illiteracy. Employment Disincentives Memo No. 4.

Whitesel, Russ – 1986

This memo is designed to assist Wisconsin's Special Committee on Employment Disincentives in reviewing the issue of adult illiteracy. Section A provides information on the extent of illiteracy in the United States. Section B discusses selected literacy programs at the federal, state, and local levels. Results are provided of a study of federal…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Federal Programs

Raising Our Future: Families, Schools, and Communities Joining Together. A National Resource Guide of Family Support and Education Programs for Parents, Educators, Community Leaders, and Policy Makers.

Harvard Family Research Project, Cambridge, MA. – 1995

Family support programs have been attracting increased attention, and are at the center of efforts to build systems of integrated, comprehensive, and preventive family-focused services. This handbook, developed by the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP), profiles 73 school-affiliated family support and education programs in the United States to…

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Child Rearing, Community Support, Early Childhood Education