News Flashes
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from Canada NewsWire
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Guinness World Records(TM) receive documentation for more than 119,000 Canadian participants surpassing original record; Canada runner-up to new U.S. record
Subject Terms: Family literacy, Public awareness campaigns, National programs, Reading, Canada
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from NIFL Family Literacy Discussion List
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Will Universal Preschool Increase Universal Inequality? - Tom Sticht
Subject Terms: Early childhood education, Parent education, Parent school relationships
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from UNESCO
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Diversity is the hallmark of the cultural programme that will be offered during the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education – coinciding with the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on 21 May.
Subject Terms: Meetings, International literacy, Cultural activities
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from Long Beach Press-Telegram
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Chan Kimleang reads every day with her daughters, Leakhena, 8, and Sochata, 5. She is an active and involved parent in their education and is considering attending college classes in the near future.
Subject Terms: Indochinese Americans, Family literacy, Immigrant literacy, Refugees, Financial support
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from PRNewswire
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Thanks to the generosity of Verizon customers who participated in the company's Check Into Literacy program, nonprofit literacy organizations in New Jersey are now eligible to receive a total of more than $300,000 in grants.
Subject Terms: Grants, Adult literacy, Family literacy, Corporate support
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from Newstimes
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As a way to promote reading and literacy, comic book stores across the United States will be celebrating the 7th annual national Free Comic Book Day Saturday, May 2.
Subject Terms: Comics and cartoons, Bookstores, Public awareness campaigns, Reading enjoyment
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from UNESCO
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The Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura has voiced concern that literacy remains a preeminent global challenge, as well as being one of the most neglected Education for All goals.
Subject Terms: Literacy statistics, International literacy, International organizations
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from Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
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The Workforce Investment Act Non-Experimental Net Impact evaluation conducted by IMPAQ International, LLC., reports results of a non-experimental net impact evaluation of the Adult and Dislocated Worker programs under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
Subject Terms: Workforce Investment Act, Program evaluation, Income, Employment education relationships, Federal programs
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from IRIN
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Illiteracy rates in West Africa are the highest in the world, cramping development and weakening citizens’ power to effect socio-economic and political change, say education agencies, who are calling on governments and donors to step up literacy and education efforts.
Subject Terms: Literacy statistics, Literacy development relationships, Developing nations, Financial needs
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from Examiner.com
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I just watched a video of President Obama’s Easter read-aloud of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. The performance is a wonderful example of how to read to children.
Subject Terms: Oral reading, Children's literature, Federal government
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