The 10 articles (and introduction by Stephen Reuys) in this journal discuss issues of adult literacy/adult basic education from a variety of perspectives. Titles and authors are as follows: "The Boston Adult Literacy Initiative: Moving beyond Initiative" (Silja Kallenbach); "Project FOCUS: Writing through Pictures" (Beatriz M. Strohmeyer); "The Massachusetts Workplace Education Program" (Judy Hikes); "Use of the Language Experience Approach with Non-English Speaking Refugees and Immigrants" (Anthony D'Annunzio, Paige E. Payne); "Pioneering Effective Educational Services for Dyslexic Illiterate Adults" (Carolyn Buell Kidder); "Two Views of Language Minority Issues" (Tomas Kalmar, Fulano de Tal); "The Pittsburgh Literacy Initiative: A Community-Based Model for Meeting Urban Literacy Needs" (Frances Wright); "A Storybook Ending" (Lisa Santagate); "Meeting the Needs of Unprepared Students in Higher Education" (Emilie Steele); and "Between Paulo Freire and Tom Sticht: Adult Education and Job Training at Boston Technical Center" (Stuart Gedal). (NLL)