• Literacy center seeking tutors – Statesman Journal
    The new and only agency in the Mid-Valley that trains tutors for adult instruction is looking for more tutors. With support from community education group Latino Partnership Project, the Mid-Valley Literacy Center will have a tutor orientation …
  • Frederick Douglass and Fred Hampton – ZNet
    One of the joys and terrors of teaching is the problem of exploring the partial answer, opening the partial door. We are not the ultimate authority, we teachers, though tradition generally places us at the front of the classroom. Sometimes we try to …
  • Twyman makes literacy everyone’s business – NWI.com
    GARY | The phone rings, interrupting Era C. Twyman’s conversation even though it’s technically after hours at the offices of The Gary Literacy Coalition Inc. “Can you hold for just one minute?” she asks as she pauses to answer the call, then returns …
  • Help Your Brain by Helping Others – Pickens Sentinel
    In this particular study, volunteers age 60 and over were recruited to teach literacy and other skills to children in kindergarten through third grade. After two weeks of training, they worked alongside other volunteers for 15 hours per week for six …
  • Community Calendar – Cumberland County Sentinel
    Buck-a-Book, Cumberland County’s campaign for literacy, is an elementary reading program that encourages children to read while raising funds to support adult literacy and education through the Employment Skills Center. Participating school districts …
  • Twyman makes literacy everyone’s business – NWI.com
    GARY | The phone rings, interrupting Era C. Twyman’s conversation even though it’s technically after hours at the offices of The Gary Literacy Coalition Inc. “Can you hold for just one minute?” she asks as she pauses to answer the call, then returns …
  • Sex ed 2.0 – Edmonton Journal
    Saleema Noon, a B.C. sexual health educator, at left, and her colleague Alix Bacon. ‘The Internet can’t teach the interpersonal stuff and the comfort and the communication,’ says Noon. ‘If we’ve got teens growing up learning only from the Internet …
  • UVM basketball players “Shoot for Literacy” – WCAX
    Students at Christ the King Elementary School in Burlington welcomed some high-profile visitors to the school Friday morning. The University of Vermont men’s basketball team visited the school to read to kids. It’s part of UPS’s Shooting for Literacy …
  • UVM basketball players “Shoot for Literacy” – WCAX
    Students at Christ the King Elementary School in Burlington welcomed some high-profile visitors to the school Friday morning. The University of Vermont men’s basketball team visited the school to read to kids. It’s part of UPS’s Shooting for Literacy …
  • Series to teach on ecology – Blueridgenow.com
    The “Concepts in Ecology: Enhancing Earth Literacy” lecture series with Tom Baugh will be from 4 to 5 p.m. Jan. 14, 21, 28 and Feb. 4. Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and the Bullington Center will co-host this four-part series at the Bullington …
  • Bookcase literacy banquet – News-Topic
    If you read my column on a regular basis, no doubt you know that we have a unique literacy project here in Conway, Arkansas, titled, “A Bookcase for Every Child.” We build quality, personalized, oak bookcases and give them, along with a starter …
  • Change Lives: Teach Reading and Writing – FOX 40 News WICZ TV
    Teach someone to read and write– and change their life. The Literacy Volunteers of Broome and Tioga Counties are looking for some English tutors. On Wednesday potential teachers learned about the organization’s goals and bought training manuals for …
  • Rotarians open up and read – Abbotsford News
    On Family Literacy Day, Jan. 27, Daybreak Rotarians will be participating in a new annual program called, Rotarians Read. Rotarians Read match Rotary members with schools and preschools on Family Literacy day to read a book and share a story. “We …
  • Literacy Launchpad: Snow, Snoow, Snooow, Snoooow!
    For our first week’s lesson we read The Snowy Day (Ezra Jack Keats). When I first began teaching Literacy Launchpad, this story was new to most of my students… as far as I could tell. But this year most of my students had heard it …
  • Writing contest celebrates literacy – Abbotsford News
    Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy is hosting its first writing contest to celebrate Family Literacy Day on Jan. 27. Stories entered in this contest will not actually be judged. Instead, everyone who submits an original story will have their …
  • Literacy linked to locale – Vancouver Sun
    The neighbourhoods where young children live predict their reading skills several years later, according to a University of B.C. study released this week. The study found that children who live in wealthier neighbourhoods while in kindergarten did …
  • Literacy center in need of tutors – Statesman Journal
    The new and only agency in the Mid-Valley that trains tutors for adult instruction is looking for more tutors. With support from community education group Latino Partnership Program, the Mid-Valley Literacy Center will have a tutor orientation today …
  • Emeth Aletheia: What I Read Online – 01/16/2010 (p.m.)
    Literacy therefore isn’t simply about possessing a static ability to read and write; it is a dynamic reality, a never-ending life practice that involves putting those skills to work in reshaping our identity and transforming our world. …
  • Literacy center in need of tutors – Statesman Journal
    The new and only agency in the Mid-Valley that trains tutors for adult instruction is looking for more tutors. With support from community education group Latino Partnership Program, the Mid-Valley Literacy Center will have a tutor orientation today …
  • A Case For Digital Media Literacy: Tracking Down A Meme …
    A Case For Digital Media Literacy: Tracking Down A Meme. Here are things to think about before retweeting something that you might need to “re-call” later: If a tweet sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This theme is very common …
  • Extra, extra – read about literacy – Abbotsford News
    The community will celebrate literacy and learning this month with a myriad of activities for children and adults. It all kicks off next week when Vancouver-based author Richard Van Camp and local artist George Littlechild will facilitate art and …

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