Tag: literacy
Take Poverty out of the Literacy Equation for Good
The federal economic stimulus package passed last month achieves...
The Science of Reading in Dual Language
“Literacy has two beginnings: one, in the world, the...
Low Adult Literacy Costs U.S. $2.2 Trillion a Year
According to a new study released by the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and Gallup examining the impact of adult literacy on the...
Get 50% Donation Boost Tomorrow (8/11/20) Only for PD, Books, Materials
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is boosting donations on DonorsChoose projects for one-day-only on August 11th, 2020
Starting at 7AM ET on Tuesday, August...
U.S. Upholds Constitutional Right to Literacy
The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that all U.S. students have a right to a basic minimum education...
Building a Community of Year-Round Readers
If recent data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is any indication, literacy education is a challenge across the country, with only...
What Is the Future of Literacy Education?
According to National Center for Education figures, about 30 million adult Americans are functionally illiterate (https://nces.ed.gov/naal/). Clearly, there is room for improvement when it...
Filling the Achievement Gap through Multigenerational Learning
There is a crack in our nation’s foundation. Although it is historically referred to as the achievement gap, today we more accurately call this...
Senator Introduces Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching (BEST) Act
Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) has introduced the Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching (BEST) Act (S. 3328) into the U.S. senate. The act broadens the...
