Reports on a study conducted in Hong Kong with adult readers indicating that highly educated Chinese/English readers used phonological encoding, but that less-educated Chinese-only readers did not. Speculates on the reasons why. (FL)

Posits several reasons why the majority of Greek children learn to read well in spite of problems faced by the Greek educational system. (AEA)

Develops a rationale for using traditional folklore as a resource for educating children about other people's cultural heritage and presents a case study of a unit that uses the Spider stories from the Ashanti people of West Africa. (HOD)

Describes seven strategies that teachers of all grade levels and disciplines can use to improve their effectiveness in teaching students of diverse cultural backgrounds. (SR)