[NLA] CAAL News Release

[Gail Spangenberg]

August 28, 2002  --  Today, The Council for Advancement of Adult 
Literacy 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, Ms. 
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 (http://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 documents.

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 Floor
New York, NY 10020
212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610
www.caalusa.org
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