Book of Donmon Teith

It is startling and it is shaming: in a country that prides itself on being among the most enlightened in the world, 25 million American adults cannot read the

Covers the rise and decline of literacy in the United States, educational and social explanations, literacy programs in the United States and other countries, a

"English is so illogical!" It is generally believed that English is a language of exceptions. For many, learning to spell and read is frustrating. For some, it

In his famous 1959 Rede lecture at Cambridge University, the scientifically-trained novelist C.P. Snow described science and the humanities as "two cultures," s

This book addresses critical questions facing public education at the twenty-first century.