The Mission of Literacy USA
Tags: FUNCTIONAL literacy; LITERACY; COALITIONS; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.
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- ALTA's Short urges trustees to combat U.S. illiteracy. // Library Journal;5/1/1976, Vol. 101 Issue 9, p1069
Reports on a call to the American Library Trustee Association (ALTA) to combat functional illiteracy in the United States. Correlation between literacy and crime; Role of library in educating illiterates; Projects of ALTA concerning illiteracy.
- Productive Engagement in Literacy. Bracy, Pauletta Brown // North Carolina Libraries (Online);Winter2003, Vol. 61 Issue 4, p121
Presents information about the efforts of the North Carolina Library Association (NCLA) to promote literacy in the state Establishment of the NCLA's Literacy Rountable, an organizational development which aimed to eradicate illiteracy in the country; Statistics on the national literacy rates;...
- Adult Literacy and Numeracy. // Education Journal;Oct2005, Issue 89, p27
This article presents information on the report, Changing Lives: Adult Literacy and Numeracy in Scotland. The report from 2001 proposed that increased competence in literacy and numeracy could provide a secure route into qualifications and training as part of lifelong learning. This report...
- Push for universal literacy wins IRA award for Zimbabwean organization. // Reading Today;Oct/Nov2000, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p28
Reports that the Adult Literacy Organization of Zimbabwe (ALOZ), an effort toward providing adult literacy in Zimbabwe has won the International Reading Association's Literacy Award. Cash prize of the award; Efforts of ALOZ to promote adult literacy; Achievements of ALOZ.
- Adult Education Finds Advocate in Illinois College Board. Bagnato, Kristin // Community College Week;8/30/2004, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p3
Focuses on the advocacy of adult education and literacy by community colleges in Illinois, according to a 2004 report released by the Council for the Advancement of Adult Literacy. Efforts of the Illinois Community College Board to administer adult education; Advantages of the board...
- Latinos and Licenses: Encouraging Latino Literacy. Snowden, Lynne L. // Phi Kappa Phi Forum;Spring2004, Vol. 84 Issue 2, p39
Describes a literacy program for residents of Wilmington, North Carolina and its surrounding rural counties initiated by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi through the Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Initiative Grant program. Magnitude of the...
- Consumer and Financial Literacy Taskforce named. // Money Management;3/11/2004, Vol. 18 Issue 8, p27
Reports on the appointment of Financial Planning Association chief executive Kerrie Kelly as one of the members of the Consumer and Financial Literacy Taskforce in Australia in 2004. Objective of the National Strategy for Consumer and Financial Literacy; Other appointees to the taskforce;...
- EVENTS. // Education Week;5/27/1987, Vol. 6 Issue 35, p23
The article presents a calendar of events related to education in the U.S. in the Fall of 1987. On May 29-30, the Southern Educational Communications Associations will conduct a conference "National Instructional Television Utilization Conference." A forum "Solutions-Preparation, Graduation,...
- Cultural literacy. Pentony, Joseph F. // Adult Basic Education;Spring97, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p39
Presents a validity study and a proposal for improving adult literacy. Reliability of the Cultural Literacy Test (CLT); Methods and result of the study; Implications for improving adult literacy by using cultural literacy materials.
