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1 Comment Category: Adult Literacy-2
Tags: Literacy, U.s.

I just read an article saying nearly 40% of adults in D.C. are functionally illiterate. It went on to say that, nationally, 21% of adults are functionally illiterate.

Yet, when I say education should be the nation’s number one priority I am dissed. Doesn’t anybody agree with me that this is unacceptable? How on earth will the U.S. compete when a fifth of its adult population can’t read or write to 2nd grade level?

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5 Comments Category: Literacy Rates
Tags: Causes, Literacy, literacy rate, Rate

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Tags: allison behne, ESL, literacy news, Reading, teaching, Technology

• Literacy, families and learning: Children as bloggers
  This blog application typically encourages students to respond to a blog entry (often written by the teacher) that invites some form of reflection or comment. For example ‘Mr Crosby’s 6th Grade’ blog (here). The name ‘Mirror blog’ is …

• College Teaching Jobs | Burning Questions: Fox Valley Literacy …
  About 30 million adults in America can read no better than the average elementary child, according to the US Department of Education. In Wisconsin, about1 million adults qualify for adult literacy and English language services.

• NASIG Jobs » Reference Librarian – Leslie Frost Library, York …
  Demonstrated understanding of the concepts,…

3 Comments Category: Teaching Literacy
Tags: Please, Read, Teachers

Does anyone know of any good employment websites for areas in education…ex: literacy coach, reading specialist, student support, etc (ANYTHNG except of teaching in classroom…been there done that)

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5 Comments Category: World literacy
Tags: Books, Holy, Literacy, Progression, Social

Doesn’t it seem weird to you that your gods would have their “messages” written down in books/scrolls during time periods when social literacy was almost non existent?

Would you rather be able to read something for yourself? Or simply take someones word for it while they read it to you?

How can it sit well with any of you that during the time the first messages were written down, and for thousands of years afterward the only people who could read and write were the upper class(Rich) and the Scribes who worked for them?

Take the bible for example? Doesn’t this…

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Tags: Education, Literacy, Reading

• Financial Literacy: Good Debt vs Bad Debt
  Financial Literacy: Good Debt vs Bad Debt

• IBM hopes to make mobile devices more accessible – CNET News
  Big Blue is teaming up with two universities to explore ways to make smartphones and mobile devices more accessible to people who have disabilities or lack literacy.

• Kindergarten Alphabet Activities Are Major In Childrens …
  Kindergarten Alphabet Activities Are Major In Childrens Literacy Programs.

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Tags: Education, Literacy, Reading

• Financial Literacy: Good Debt vs Bad Debt
  Financial Literacy: Good Debt vs Bad Debt

• IBM hopes to make mobile devices more accessible – CNET News
  Big Blue is teaming up with two universities to explore ways to make smartphones and mobile devices more accessible to people who have disabilities or lack literacy.

• Kindergarten Alphabet Activities Are Major In Childrens …
  Kindergarten Alphabet Activities Are Major In Childrens Literacy Programs.

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Tags: academic jobs, Jobs, jobs for teachers

Volunteer Opportunity – Spanish Literacy Volu – The Family Place – Washington, DC
Job details: JOB LISTING We need a fluent Spanish speaking volunteer to help teach Spanish literacy classes. Please contact Lucy at 202-265-1049 for formation…
From washingtonpost.com – 10 Mar 2010 07:55:47 GMT – job details – View all Washington jobs

Volunteer Opportunity – Literacy Tutor – Literacy Volunteers & Advocates – Washington, DC
Job details: LVA needs tutors to work with adults on basic literacy skills–reading, writing, and simple math.

LVA… as working with adult literacy learners is a very…
From washingtonpost.com – 10 Mar 2010 11:03:09 GMT – job details – View all…

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Tags: allison behne, environmental literacy, ESL, literacy news, literacy rate, Reading, teaching, Technology

• K Potassium » Blog Archive » Assistant professor of library services
  Reporting to the Director of Public Services, this four person team collaborates to support the day-to-day public services activities of the library, teach in the curriculum-based information literacy program, and create programming for …

• Steve Sailer's iSteve Blog: The Teacher Training Paradox
  No, we’re not. We’re trying and failing to teach some basic literacy to kids. We were able to do this, once, before “modern” teaching techniques. But that society had discipline and self-responsibility from to bottom. …

• Beyond the textbook: documentaries as a tool for teaching | Art Threat
  … these documentaries teach me about, the more…

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25 Comments Category: ESL Videos
Tags: ESLTV, Finals, gaming, GRAND, Week

ESLTV Inv Week 3 – Grand Finals (2nd bo5) – SK Gaming vs aaa RAT
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