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| Articles about Literacy |
| Literacy Forgotten About by Readers | | 2008-05-02 15:23:00 | | If you are reading this, then you are literate, most likely computer literate as well. Most readers don’t really think about illiteracy. Once you learn to read, it’s not like you are going to forget how to do it again. Problem is that illiteracy abounds. In affluent Bucks County, PA over 60,000 residents are functionally illiterate. This is a county that claims to have 88.6% of it’s population with a high school diploma and 31.2% with a college degree. An inability to read is truly insidious. How can you possibly cope in today’s environment with out being able to read?Reading needs to be nurtured, fostered, encouraged and promoted. Reading is the keystone that holds the archway of education. How do you learn something new if you can’t read about it? If a love of reading is taught early, a child will have an enormous advantage in education. Scholastic is currently running book fairs in our local school that offer BOGO books. Buy one, get one free to enti | | By: Pick of the Literate | | |
| | Culturally Contested Pedagogy: Battles Of Literacy And Schooling Between Mainstream Teachers And Asian Immigrant Parents | | 2007-08-12 08:49:00 | | Author: Guofang LiPaperback: 265 pagesPublisher: State University of New York Press (November 2005)Language: EnglishISBN: 0791465934(R)The voices of teachers, parents, and students create a compelling ethnographic study that examines the debate between traditional and progressive pedagogies in literacy education and the mismatch of cross-cultural discourses between mainstream schools and Asian families. This book focuses on a Vancouver suburb where the Chinese population has surpassed the white community numerically and socioeconomically, but not politically, and where the author uncovers disturbing cultural conflicts, educational dissensions, and "silent" power struggles between school and home. What Guofang Li reveals illustrates the challenges of teaching and learning in an increasingly complex educational landscape in which literacy, culture, race, and social class intertwine. Advocating for a greater cultural understanding of minority beliefs in literacy education and a more | | By: GanEden For Books | | |
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| Toyota to Provide Family Literacy Program | | 2007-02-03 02:02:37 | | The automaker plans to expand its investment in San Antonio Texas by putting up a new family literacy program with an allotted fund of about $600,000, according to Toyota. The new literacy program, called The Toyota Family Literacy Program (TFLP) will focus mainly on the educational needs of our fellow Hispanic and other immigrants, especially children in three areas in San Antonio that are in need financially. The program supports children from kindergarten up to third grade. Toyota Motor Sales | | By: The Toyota Headlines | | |
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