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Snyder, Thomas D.; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The 2012 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 48th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information
covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Adult Education
Parkinson, Linda L.; Burton, Annie Laurie – 1990
The grant received for the Literacy Program of the Twin Falls (Idaho) Public Library (approximately $24,000) has contributed to the overall improvement of the library system afforded by construction of a new addition planned for completion in February 1991. Grant funds supporting the literacy program complemented funds from a bond issue for…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Federal Aid
Kallenberger, Nikki – 2000
This paper comprises four case studies that illustrate the State Library of New South Wales' (Australia) commitment to learning. The first section describes a shared learning environment for graduate information studies students that was collaboratively developed by the State Library and the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia). The second…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Environment, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Chicago Public Library North Austin Branch [Literacy Program]. Final Performance Report for 1988-89.
Chicago Public Library, IL. – 1989
This report contains general comments, objectives, budget, activities, 120 titles and descriptions of the adult new readers' collection, and program design of the library literacy program of the North Austin Branch (Chicago, Illinois). The program description explains how three objectives were met: (1) establishing a collection of basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adults
Buckingham, Melissa; And Others – 1986
This curriculum guide, written by experienced teachers of adults in Philadelphia, describes a full curriculum for intermediate-level adult literacy students (students who have basic reading skills). The curriculum is based on the assumption that adult students deserve a broad, well-rounded education. The guide also discusses teaching techniques…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading, Books
Apfel, Cathy – 1993
This final performance report describes Project FLASH (Family Learning Action Starts Here), a literacy project of the Fitchburg (Massachusetts) Public Library designed to provide opportunities for parents to improve their own basic skills while at the same time enhancing their ability to provide literacy-based activities to their children. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Expenditures
Ziegler, Myra; Garten, Thelma – 1993
This Final Performance Report provides project outcome information and data to the U.S. Department of Education for the federally-funded Library Literacy Program. The Literate Adults Mean Prosperity (LAMP) project of the Summers County Public Library (Hinton, West Virginia), provided recruitment, retention, training, rural oriented, basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction
Luther, Barbara – 1990
Intended for use by participants in the Ohio Preconference and the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIS), this background paper on one of the three major WHCLIS themes examines Ohio's literacy problem and reviews the state's current literacy programs and funding sources. Definitions of terms, a brief history of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Federal Aid
Snyder, Thomas D.; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
The 2011 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 47th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information
covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Grimes, Jan; Renner, Robert – 1988
This report presents eight examples of approaches used by local providers, employers, and unions in Illinois to make basic skills programs available to workers. The programs profiled are the following: Rockford Area Literacy Council--Project READ '86-'89; Highland Community College--Literacy Outreach Program for Northwest Illinois; Waukegan Public…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Reiff, Tana, Ed. – 1996
This guide, which is intended for administrators of programs providing adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) services in Pennsylvania, contains 59 individually authored papers devoted to planning, managing, and improving ABLE programs. The following are among the topics discussed in the guide's five sections: understanding the role of the ABLE…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Coordination