Describes the purposes and programs of the national Right to Read effort. (RB)

Discusses materials in the ERIC system that offer definitions of basic skills, describe secondary basic skills programs, and provide competency standards and catalogs for basic skills. (MKM)

Describes the Los Angeles Theatre Center's program, "Theatre as a Learning Tool," which brings students from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and educational backgrounds to see fully staged theatrical productions. Notes that the program integrates the plays into daily lesson plans in reading, writing, critical thinking, and communication…

Focuses on keys to managing a mastery learning model of instruction. (AEA)

Describes a writing program for kindergarten through grade 12, including a curriculum outline from writing readiness to maturity. (AEA)

Describes the teacher's center created in the Memphis (Tenn.) schools to provide inservice education on reading instruction. (HOD)

Offers a view of literacy within the Australian context and traces the progress of two language and curriculum development projects. (AEA)

Offers six suggestions for teaching reading, including forming reading clubs, using story folders, and devising a parent involvement program. (AEA)

Describes a staff development program in "action research" in which teachers and administrators investigated how to use reading/writing strategies to improve the learning of at-risk students in the regular classroom setting. Describes a qualitative study of the participants. Describes and compares four action researchers. (RS)