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- (FUNDING) Delaware Taxes Payday Loans for Financial Literacy Program. // Aging News Alert;11/12/2010, p1
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- Literacy in Japan: Obstacles and opportunities. Do, Bae Jung // Convergence;1991, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p72
Focuses on the obstacles and opportunities in the Buraku literacy program in Japan. Profile of Buraku people; Social and political factors obstructing literacy propagation; Literacy for Koreans in Japan.
- Federal literacy debate may go down to the wire. Hoff, David J. // Education Week;05/20/98, Vol. 17 Issue 36, p25
Discusses the United States Congress' deliberation on whether to appropiate an additional $210 million for reading programs or to special education. Details on the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee's authorization of a funding bill for professional development; Other provisions of the...
