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1 Comment Category: Literacy Programs
Tags: During, Encourage, Holidays, Literacy/abe/esl, School, Stay, Students, Teachers

Hi everyone! I work with adult students in a literacy/ESL program. Historically, attendance drops between Thanksgiving and New Years. I welcome any ideas (free or cheap) that can encourage students to want to attend classes when there are so many other tempting things to do in Nov/Dec! Thanks for any suggestions!
Dear Curious: Well I don’t know about Korea but if the program is funded in the US the institutes are paid by the Federal Govt. not the students and the Feds want to see attendance numbers up. Second, they DO get a break 2 weeks for Christmas and New Years.…

8 Comments Category: Teaching Literacy
Tags: Class, During, Grade, Literacy, Taught, Time

Im doing a class project on how 8th grade literacy class was taught during different time periods. If you answer can your tell me the year that you were taught, the approximate age of the teacher, what was going on in the U.S. during this time period, and how was research then. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Im doing a class project on how 8th grade literacy class was taught during different time periods. If you answer can your tell me the year that you were taught, the approximate age of the teacher, what was going on in the U.S. during…

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1 Comment Category: Literacy Rates
Tags: During, especially, Importance, Literacy, Rates, Renaissance

What is the real importance of literacy rates, aside from a population being able to read, especially during the Renaissance?

It is all very good that many people can read and sign their name, but what else is important about it?

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1 Comment Category: Illiteracy HELP
Tags: Christian, During, Early, Examples, Give, Illiteracy, period, production, Role

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1 Comment Category: Literacy
Tags: 'genetic, During, Free, Improve, Literacy, Time

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5 Comments Category: Literacy
Tags: During, Home, Literacy, Paps, Required, Studies, Take, Tests

Whats with so many of these ads on the internet?

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Are most Aps/Paps not educated enough to write a letter or are these Aps just teaching newbie Paps how to prey on vulnerable pregnant girls?

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