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All of these FREE materials may be requested from the Adult Literacy Clearinghouse by calling our Hotline at (800) 441-7323.

The National Education Goals Panel has produced four reports: Goals Report Summary 1997, Special Early Childhood Report 1997, Ready Schools, and Principles and Recommendations for Early Childhood Assessment. These booklets may be obtained free by contacting the Clearinghouse or by visiting Web site http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/negp/index-1.htm

Contact the Clearinghouse at 1-800- 441-7323 for your free copy of Jobs and Capital, published by the Milken Institute. This publication contains articles related to economic policy, economic growth, employment, and welfare reform issues.

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, has published a guide for parents titled Including Your Child. It can be downloaded at Web site http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Including/title.html or call the Clearinghouse.

Simple Things You Can Do to Help All Children Read Well and Independently by the End of Third Grade published by the U.S. Department of Education is available at Web site http://www.ed.gov/pubs/SimpleThings/ or contact the Clearinghouse for a paper copy.

Call the Clearinghouse for your free copy of America Goes Back to School, published by the U.S. Department of Education or visit Web site http://www.ed.gov/Family/agbts/
This publication provides "information about how everyone can get involved in vitally important areas of education and let their community know how to get involved too."

Parents Guide to the Internet is one of more than 30 electronic "brochures" available through the Access ERIC service. This brochure contains information that is useful for beginning Internet users, including both parents and teachers. Download a copy at http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/internet/ or call the Clearinghouse for your free copy.

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education has recently added the following publications to their collections:

• Digest 184 - New Learning Strategies for Generation X
• Digest 185 - Popular Education: Adult Education for Social Change
• Digest 186 - The World Wide Web and Vocational Education
• Digest 187 - Work-Based Learning.
• Tech Prep: Is It Working?
• Competency-Based Education and Training
• Is Vocational Education Making a Difference for High-Risk Populations?

To get a copy of these ERIC documents contact the Adult Literacy Clearinghouse at 1- 800-441-7323.

Something to Think About: A Student Generated Project that Reaches into the Community was produced by Northside ISD's Culebra Road GED/JOBS class in San Antonio. This publication is mentioned in the article by Anson Green in this issue of Literacy Links. For your free copy, call the Clearinghouse.