Argues that for tribe members in Thailand's primitive mountain areas, learning to read can provide an entirely new outlook on life. (RB)

Describes an Adult Basic Education reading program currently in operation in Baltimore County, Maryland. (RB)

Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) on the effective reading programs as identified by the American Institute for Research (AIR). (RB)

Describes the successful use of the language experience approach as a tool in a school for boys with disciplinary problems. (RB)

Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center on the Right to Read Model reading programs developed from various Elementary Secondary Education Act funds. (RB)

Suggests that the skill model reaches a dead end in the high school and that secondary programs can find a promising foundation in the psycholinguistic model of reading. (JM)

Describes an eight-day high-intensity speed reading course offered in a high school as an alternative to classroom reading instruction. (SR)

Provides steps to follow in evaluating reading instruction that incorporates the systems approach. (RB)

Describes a high school where reading is taught in every content area, including in marine biology, health, and United States History. (RB)

Notes several documents in the ERIC data base which describe successful content area reading programs and methods. (MKM)

Presents administrative guidelines to achieve successful reading programs, citing the role of administrators as crucial. (RB)

Discusses the dramatic demographic changes which have profoundly altered the reading programs in many New Zealand schools. Notes that more than a thousand schools and preschools teach bilingually or run immersion programs in a language other than English (such as Maori or Samoan). Suggests that reading is best taught in the language spoken at home…

Describes a reading program designed to increase factual recall without resorting to rote learning. (RB)

Examines the role of the administrator in developing and sustaining an effective reading program. (RB)

Describes eight inexpensive reading programs that can be adapted anywhere to provide materials and increase available personnel. (RB)