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American Literacy Council
URL: http://americanliteracy.com/

Description:
"The American Literacy Council is the name of the non-profit organization organized in 1876 [by Melvil Dewey] that attempted to assist rural educators with literacy tools. ...  Their focus included considerable academic research related to the study of the illogical spelling standards." Its website features material on dyslexia and phonics, simplified spelling samples, literacy statistics, and related material. Note: only works in the Internet Explorer browser.

LII Topics: English Language, Literacy

Publisher:
American Literacy Council

LII Database Information:
Record 26862 created by Maria Brandt on 09/08/2008
Last modification on 09/24/2008
Published: 09/24/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26862

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