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Category Archives: literacy
Help Readergirlz Donate 125,000 Great Books To Low-income Teens
[Posted on the BHIC Blog} http://bit.ly/gXg4uX Awesome kids’ book author and literacy activist Lorie Ann Grover sez, “readergirlz and First Book are partnering to give away more than 125,000 brand-new books to low-income teen readers. We need help getting … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolescence, First Book, Great Books, Readergirlz, shopping, teens
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Improving Mothers’ Literacy Skills May Be Best Way To Boost Children’s Achievement
The following was posted on the HealthLiteracy Listserv by David J. Rosen; DJRosen@theworld.com “Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health concluded that programs to boost the academic achievement of children from low income neighborhoods might be more successful if … Continue reading
An American Dream Come True
I just read a great story in our Eastern Library System Newsletter; the May/June issue of the Eastern Express is posted at -http://www.elsne.org. The front page story is entitled “An American Dream Come True” about Karla Shafer, Director of the … Continue reading
Twenty Years Together: The New Readers of Iowa
I saw a familiar name on the Health Literacy Listserv this morning. Julie McKinney, the list moderator posted a story on behalf of Archie Williard. I first met Archie when the New Readers of Iowa sponsored a Health Literacy Symposium … Continue reading
Health Literacy Burden in Healthcare Podcast
Posted on BHIC Blog, May 5th, 2009 by siobhan | http://tinyurl.com/dlvwvfIn this podcast, Dr. Rima Rudd, Senior Lecturer on Society, Human Development, and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health talks with Helen Osborne, President of Health Literacy Consulting, … Continue reading
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Literacy for All: Advocacy, Libraries, and Literacy LIVE WEBCAST SUMMIT
(as posted on the Health Literacy Listserv) Literacy for All: Advocacy, Libraries, and Literacy LIVE WEBCAST SUMMIT Sponsored by the National Institute for Literacy in partnership with the American Library Association’s (ALA) Committee on Literacy DATE & TIME Tues., April … Continue reading
Wisconsin Literacy’s Health Literacy Summit on March 31 – April 1, 2009
Wisconsin Literacy is holding its Third Biennial Health Literacy Summit in Madison, WI on March 31 – April 1, 2009. They have extended their early bird registration rate of $150 to March 23. Registration includes six plenary speakers, options for … Continue reading
Kids Read Aloud to Dogs at Library
I was just reading an article about a program Children Who Read To Dogs. The program fulfills part of the mission of an international group called Therapy Dogs International Inc. The group is called Tail Wagging Tutors http://www.tdi-dog.org/OurPrograms.aspx?Page=Children+Reading+to+Dogs This program … Continue reading
Released: Literacy Data for States and Counties
…found on the Health Literary listserv — submitted by Jaleh Behroozi Soroui**************************** The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released the National Assessment of Adult Literacy: Indirect County and State Estimates of the Percentage of Adults at the Lowest Literacy … Continue reading
