Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g7TEx7X19760; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:59:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:59:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <a05100307b99410e1b0a0@[209.246.86.44]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1258] CAAL News Release X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2247 Lines: 43 August 28, 2002 -- The Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy has released a new publication, *LEADING FROM THE MIDDLE: The State Role In Adult Education & Literacy.* This 37-page report is written by Forrest P. Chisman, Vice President for Special Projects at CAAL (formerly past president of the Southport Institute for Policy Analysis and author of Jump Start (blueprint for the National Literacy Act of 1991). In a Foreword to the publication, Gail Spangenberg [Ed.] notes that: "As vital as the national and local roles are, it has long been evident that steady progress in the the field depends on a much stronger state role in providing services that are high in quality and extensive in outreach." She describes LEADING FROM THE MIDDLE as a primer on the state role in adult education and literacy. The publication also "looks at how well the states are performing their leadership functions, the extent of their current commitment, and what it will take to improve their leadership capacity and commitment in the future." It is designed for a diverse audience -- government officials, business leaders and others in influential positions, college students and teachers, and adult literacy providers, planners, learners, and advocates. PDF copies of LEADING FROM THE MIDDLE are available from the CAAL web site (www.caalusa.org), free for the first copy and, on a "shareware" basis, for $3.00 a copy thereafter. The publication is also available in a durable soft-cover, printed, bound form for $15 a copy prepaid. Discounts are available for orders of 10 or more. Ordering instructions are given in both the PDF and printed versions. Also new at the CAAL web site is *A Guide for the Powerless and Those Who Don't Know Their Own Power* (2001). This 69-page nonpartisan primer on the American political process is by Samuel Halperin, CAAL board member and founder and past president of the American Youth Policy Forum. It will be useful to persons at the state, local, and national levels who are interested in effective advocacy and policy development in adult education and literacy. Gail Spangenberg President Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy 1221 Avenue of the Americas - 50th Fl New York, NY 10020 212-512-2363
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