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Direct linkMachin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra – Education Next, 2005
In developed countries like the United States and Britain, the continuing challenge for educators is to sort through the choices of an all-you-can-eat school system and teach the basic skills. Despite so-called universal education, an alarming number of people still fail to reach even basic levels of literacy. The "literacy hour" was…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Teacher Salaries
