This newsletter, published five times a year, features articles on issues of concern to adult, family, and youth literacy practitioners, as well as recommended resources, announcements, and teaching strategies. This issue includes: (1) Pushing for Change (Jon Steinberg); (2) Putting the GED to Work (Jill Poklemba); (3) Community Education Pathways to Success: Building Effective Literacy Programs for Older Youth (Annie Moyer, with Peter Kleinbard and Vivian Vazquez); (4) Why We Became a GED Test Site (Linda Avitabile); and (5) Teaching GED Realism (Curt Mills). [For Volume 18, Number 2 of "Literacy Update", see ED507703.]