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Programs & Projects
The Institute is a catalyst for advancing a comprehensive national literacy agenda.
Literacy In The News |
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A teaching model implemented at Lakeshore Technical College this fall extends educational opportunities to students who might not have received them otherwise.
Subject Terms: Integrated curriculum, Instructional models, English as a second language (ESL), Job training, Financial support |
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Adult literacy: A hidden problem
Subject Terms: Job applications, Basic literacy, Adult learners |
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| from Literacy News | |||
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Subject Terms: Adult learners, ESL literacy, Workforce literacy |
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| from Tillsonburg News | |||
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The demand for the Tillsonburg and District Multi-Service Centre’s basic adult literacy programming has risen as the economy has fallen.
Subject Terms: Enrollment and attendance, Socioeconomic conditions, Workforce literacy, Community literacy programs |
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| from Reuters | |||
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Washtenaw Literacy offers opportunities for everyone to improve job
preparedness
Subject Terms: Workforce education, Employability, Community literacy programs, Volunteer organizations, Michigan |
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| from ABC Online | |||
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The head of Australia's building union says low levels of literacy among workers is a major safety hazard in a high-risk industry.
Subject Terms: Safety education, Workforce literacy, Literacy productivity relationships, Australia |
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| from Richmond County Daily Journal | |||
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When Tawana Brown dropped out of high school, she found her life to be unfulfilled and didn’t like the example she was setting for her daughter Jayla, who is now six years old.
Subject Terms: Adult learners, Employability, Community literacy programs |
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| from NIFL Workplace Literacy Discussion List | |||
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President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) Call For Functional Context
Education (FCE) and Non-Cognitive Skills in Adult Basic Education by Tom Sticht
Subject Terms: Functional approach, Job training, Job skills |
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| from Examiner.com | |||
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Over the years, Baltimore has amassed quite a few mottos.
Subject Terms: Instructors, Workforce literacy, Urban literacy programs |
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| from Fall River Herald News | |||
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With thousands of legal immigrant workers on long waiting lists to take English classes, the Boston-based Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition recently announced a new program in the SouthCoast aimed at curbing those waiting lists.
Subject Terms: Immigrant literacy, Workforce literacy, English as a second language (ESL), Literacy coalitions, Massachusetts |
