Colleagues,

 From time to time over the next couple of years, the National  
Commission on Adult Literacy, which CAAL manages, will make  
background papers developed for the Commission available to the   
general public. The first set of four papers -- all summary  
information papers on the role of the federal government in adult  
literacy -- have been pulled together into an informal publication  
that can be downloaded from the CAAL website (www.caalusa.org).

The papers were written for the Commission by Lennox McLendon,  
Garrett Murphy, and Jim Parker. They are titled as follows:


1.  Adult Education and Literacy Legislation and Its Effects on the  
Field (McLendon)

2.  Adult Education & Literacy in the Unites States: Need for  
Services, What the Current Delivery System Looks Like (Murphy)

3.  Introduction to Main Strands of Federal Adult Literacy  
Programming (Parker)

4.  Federal Role in Adult Literacy, FY05-06 (Murphy)


The combined document is quite large (2.2 MB) but it will download  
quickly for those with high speed connections.  For those who prefer,  
CAAL can make copies available by regular mail at $25 per copy plus  
postage (contact bheitner at caalusa.org for ordering instructions).

Happiest of holidays to you all, and a wonderful new year --


Gail Spangenberg
President
Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy
1221 Avenue of the Americas - 46th Fl
New York, NY 10020
212-512-2362, F: 212-512-2610
www.caalusa.org



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