In the period 1917 to 1934, from being a country where almost ninety percent of the population consisted of illiterate peasants, the Soviet Union was transformed into an emerging industrialized society, where almost ninety percent had achieved literacy. The massive campaign which achieved this is described in this article. (Author/CB)

Article describes India's progress in teaching farmers improved agricultural methods. (MM)

Project Rural Family Development combines television, home study materials, telephone problem-solving service and home visitation into an effective new educational system. (Author)

The Supreme Court will have defined a unitary school system and what has to be done to achieve it when decisions on three test cases are announced. (Author/MF)

Educational institutions at all levels must respect the dialects of Negro students and initiate programs of instruction in these dialects. Only in this way can discrimination in fact against this minority group in our culture be stopped. (CK)

In-depth unstructured interviews and participant observation of 43 adults showed that illiterates create reciprocal networks to which they contribute a range of skills. Illiterate adults demonstrate varying abilities to decode the social world and take action; that is, illiteracy does not imply dependence. (SK)

Summarizes arguments in favor of teaching people to read. Arguments include that television and radio cannot help individuals adapt and retrain quickly in their jobs; promotion in the armed services and elsewhere depends upon a certain degree of reading expertise; and people are unable to fill out income tax and other forms if they do not possess…

Discusses the importance of childrens' services in the public library in helping to meet many of the concerns and problems in our society. (CHC)

Presents the instructional rationale used in design of the Basic Skills Learning System, a modularized network of computer assisted tutorials, drills, tests, printed materials, and videotaped presentations directed at improving basic reading, math, and language skills of adults below eighth-grade level. Teaching strategies that impact reading…

Evaluates the mission of schools in industrialized nations to transmit literacy and numeracy skills to persons generally considered disadvantaged. Data are analyzed for the United Kingdom, the United States, and France. (Author/DB)

Reports on the extent of illiteracy in the United States and explores various definitions of literacy. (GT)

Presents the case history of an adult nonreader taught to read through the language experience approach, rereading, retelling, assisted reading, and sustained silent reading. (DD)

The Draft Medium-Term Plan described covers a 6-year period (1977-1982), and was presented at the 19th Session of the General Conference of Unesco. The plan calls for studies and research which would present a truer picture of the problems of world illiteracy, and would include the establishment and updating of a central file of adult literacy…

Explains why the Clinton administration's answer to illiteracy, embodied in the "America Reads Challenge," in the United States is not a solution and only diverts accountability from the failure of the public-education system. It argues that phonics is the best way to teach reading and provides the principles of reading instruction. (GR)

Argues that basic elements of schools require restructuring if the literacy levels necessary for the twenty-first century are to be accessible to all. Argues for restructuring that goes beyond schools themselves. Proposes an alternative approach which would have those who teach be those who decide how goals are to be accomplished. (MG)