Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!mit-eddie!dws From: dws@mit-eddie.UUCP (Don Saklad) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: libraries Message-ID: <1511@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Mar-84 10:53:24 EST Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.1511 Posted: Wed Mar 28 10:53:24 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Mar-84 23:40:46 EST Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 30 LECTURE SERIES ON LITERACY CRISIS IN THE U. S. _______________________________________________ Wednesdays at 6 p. m. Free admission Central Research Library, Trustees Room 206 Call 930-0855 for reservations. Supported by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities. April 4 "Learning to Read: One Man's Journey" Kenneth Wooden, an author and advocate of children's rights, will discuss his personal experience as a former semi-illiterate. April 11 "Illiteracy: The Governments's Response" Government representatives talk with academics about their work in combating illiteracy. April 18 "Illiteracy: The Community's Response" Representatives of community agencies talk with academics about their approach to the problem of illiteracy.