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Literacy In The News |
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| from San Bernardino County Sun | |||
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California taxpayers have shelled out about $630million over the past 13 years to provide English classes to immigrant adults.
Subject Terms: State aid, Immigrant literacy, ESL literacy, Parental literacy, California |
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| from FOX6Now.com | |||
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One Milwaukee man knows from experience, no matter who you are or where you come from it's never too late.
Subject Terms: Adult learners, Immigrant literacy, ESL literacy, Industry education relationships |
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| from Providence Journal | |||
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An unusual effort to bring health information to Latinos in Rhode Island went on the air Wednesday morning, as Dr. Pablo Rodriguez broadcast the first of 10 live Spanish-language health programs from his office in Pawtucket, via a station called Latino Public Radio.
Subject Terms: Literacy health relationships, Radio, Hispanic Americans, Spanish language |
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| from Medill Reports | |||
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Immigrant and refugee parents struggle to communicate with their children -- and their children’s schools -- because of limited English competency. At the same time, opportunities for language classes are shrinking as money for the programs dries up or is at risk of being cut.
Subject Terms: Financial needs, ESL literacy, Parental literacy, Communication, Illinois |
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| from American Library Association | |||
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70 Grants now available for public libraries serving adult English language learners
Subject Terms: Grants, Corporate support, Library literacy services, Public libraries, English as a second language (ESL) |
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| from Chattanooga Times Free Press | |||
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Dalton State College lost about 55 percent of its English-as-a-second-language learners after a law went into effect that required proof of legal immigration status.
Subject Terms: Immigrants, Enrollment and attendance, State government, English as a second language (ESL), Georgia |
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| from American Library Association | |||
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The American Library Association (ALA) received a $750,000 two year grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to continue "The American Dream Starts @ your library."
Subject Terms: Grants, Corporate support, Library literacy services, English as a second language (ESL) |
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| from Louisville Courier-Journal | |||
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A new family literacy program being implemented at three public schools in Jefferson County was officially unveiled Thursday morning at Klondike Lane Elementary.
Subject Terms: Family literacy, Immigrant literacy, Hispanic Americans, English as a second language (ESL) |
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| from New America Media | |||
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One of the most exciting times of Claudete Alcântara’s week was when she went to school to learn English.
Subject Terms: State federal aid, English as a second language (ESL), Immigrant literacy, Massachusetts |
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| from Triangle Business Journal | |||
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When the Durham Literacy Center was formed in 1985, most of its clients were African-Americans, many of them former workers for what had been the city’s cigarette and sock factories.
Subject Terms: Hispanic Americans, ESL literacy, Nonprofit organizations |
