Tag: literacy
U.S. Upholds Constitutional Right to Literacy
The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that all U.S. students have a right to a basic minimum education...
Building a Community of Year-Round Readers
If recent data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is any indication, literacy education is a challenge across the country, with only...
What Is the Future of Literacy Education?
According to National Center for Education figures, about 30 million adult Americans are functionally illiterate (https://nces.ed.gov/naal/). Clearly, there is room for improvement when it...
Filling the Achievement Gap through Multigenerational Learning
There is a crack in our nation’s foundation. Although it is historically referred to as the achievement gap, today we more accurately call this...
Senator Introduces Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching (BEST) Act
Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) has introduced the Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching (BEST) Act (S. 3328) into the U.S. senate. The act broadens the...
Israel Launches English Reform
The Council for Higher Education has approved the new reform
regarding conversion of academic educational programs from Hebrew to English
and to run them in parallel...
All You Need is Read
Dianne Henderson and Gene Kerns offer practical strategies to help all students reap the benefits of reading
A new report says that nearly half of...
Multilingual Focus for UN Literacy Day
"about 40% of the world’s population does not have access to education in a language they speak or understand" Audrey Azoulay, director-general...
43 Million American Adults Have ‘Low’ English Literacy Levels
White and Hispanic adults make up the largest percentage of U.S. adults with low levels of English literacy, according to the most recent results...
Literacy Starts in the Library
Literacy is the foundation of everything we do for our learners. Reading is a required skill for every subject, whether it is science,...
