Helps address middle and high school classroom teachersâ??, administratorsâ??, and parentsâ?? immediate need for basic information about how to build adolescentsâ?? reading and writing skills. This report summarizes some of the current literature on adolescent literacy research and practice, and suggests some methods of building adolescent reading and writing skills in the classroom; to the extent possible, recommendations are evidence-based.
Subject(s): Adolescents, Content area teaching, Educational Methods, Literacy, Reading instruction, Reports, Teaching methods
Audience(s): Administrators, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Parents and Families, Policymakers, Researchers

Reach Higher, America: Overcoming Crisis in the U.S. Workforce by the National Commission on Adult Literacy

Education drives the economy. Almost a decade into the 21st Century, America faces a choice: We can invest in the basic education and skills of our workforce and remain competitive in today's global economy, or we can continue to overlook glaring evidence of a national crisis and move further down the path to decline. In Reach Higher, America, the National Commission on Adult Literacy presents powerful evidence that our failure to address America's adult education and workforce skills needs is putting our country in great jeopardy and threatening our nation's standard of living and economic viability. The Commission recommends immediate action to reverse the course we are on. It calls for strong, bold leadership from federal and state government, and it challenges business leaders, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector to become part of the solution. June 2008