News Flashes
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from Examiner.com
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Answer: Something that is very pleasant, calming, and beneficial that you can do almost anywhere, at any time, for as much or as little as you want, with little or no expense, and in any language.
Subject Terms: Family life, Oral reading, Child literacy
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from The State
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Reading a book to a child today lessens the chance of law enforcement having to throw the book at him tomorrow.
Subject Terms: Reading, Child literacy, Schools
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from American Library Association
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The most pivotal activity in a person’s life is learning to read.
Subject Terms: Library literacy programs, Advocacy, Meetings
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from Vancouver Sun
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The Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network, which has been holding public hearings across the country in recent weeks, believes Canada has a serious literacy problem.
Subject Terms: Literacy skills, Low literacy, National education goals, Canada
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from Wausau Daily Herald
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Health literacy is the degree to which a person has the ability to obtain, process and understand health information needed to make appropriate health decisions.
Subject Terms: Literacy health relationships, Numbers, Nutrition
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from BCLocalNews
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Literacy is much more than reading and writing.
Subject Terms: Community literacy programs, Program development, Parental literacy
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from Associated Press
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Farzana Morshed arrived from Bangladesh three years ago without any real grasp of English.
Subject Terms: Immigrant literacy, ESL literacy, Financial needs, State aid, New York
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from myCentralJersey.com
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Students, parents, teachers and librarians will gather this Saturday, March 28, with the goal of promoting literacy and education throughout the township.
Subject Terms: Family literacy, Meetings, Parent school relationships
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from Marketwire
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The Government of Canada is supporting a project that will help workers with low levels of literacy and essential skills participate more fully in the labour market.
Subject Terms: Workforce education, Government programs, National education goals, Canada
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from KYW1060.com
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In its quarterly bulletin, the Center for Literacy, long recognized as a leader in developing programs for low literate adults, quotes an alarming report from the National Center for Education Statistics.
Subject Terms: Literacy statistics, Unemployment, Basic skills, Pennsylvania
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