[AAACE-NLA] research project

[Debbie Yoho]

Dear Friends:  I am going to take a small risk here by asking for your advice.  If I am on to something, I hope no one will steal my idea!  

Turning Pages is thinking of applying for a federal research grant.  If we go forward with this, we will need your help and involvement.

We all agree, apparently, that low literacy tends to "run in families".  But lately I am not so sure.  In my small group of only five learners, two have grown children who finished school and went on to college.  One even graduated from West Point.  Another is a teacher.  And these weren't "special kids".  ALL their siblings did well too.

So, given that these individuals had parent(s) who do not read well, and given that past research shows that the most influential factor on a child's success in school is the parent(s)' educational attainment,what accounts for their achievement?

That is the question I'd like to research.  If funded, this will be a qualitative case study conducted mostly by interviewing adult learners.  This list is full of creative, hard thinkers.  What is your immediate reaction to the idea of such a study?  Many thanks.

Debbie Yoho
Division Director, TURNING PAGES/VOAC
(formerly the Greater Columbia Literacy Council)
Secretary, SC Association for Adult Literacy Education
803-765-2555 fax 803-799-8417 
PO Box 1447, Columbia, SC 29202
yohogclc at earthlink.net

"True progress preserves order amid change and preserves change amid order." (John Morgan, You Can't Manage Alone)
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