| 单词 | literacy |
| 例句 | His father was barred from voting by poll taxes and literacy tests. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Employers, of course, do little to encourage the economic literacy of their workers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d hung handwritten signs on every wall of the store: one for “Sam the Man Snowballs,” others for sports clubs, church groups, and free GED and adult literacy classes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The rise of literacy, of the culture of writing and reading and bookselling, had reached a critical stage in the classical period. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z China has had only a single writing system from the beginnings of literacy, a single dominant language for a long time, and substantial cultural unity for two thousand years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The government had sponsored literacy classes for all women. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then, as the white elite increased its power, they used literacy tests and property requirements to strip blacks of the vote. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I was thinking then of another consequence of literacy, one I was too shy to admit but nonetheless trusted. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of how I had used my literacy to ridicule Hassan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z From the beginnings of literacy in China, it has had only a single writing system, whereas modern Europe uses dozens of modified alphabets. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Zaire or Paraguay, Japan and the other new powers were able to exploit the transistor quickly because their populations already had a long history of literacy, metal machinery, and centralized government. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Radios, maybe one per hundred thousand residents. No telephones. Newspapers as scarce as hen’s teeth, and a literacy rate made to match. They get their evening news by listening to their neighbors’ drums.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A second theory claimed that it had to do with the comparatively high level of literacy in the state. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the school taught rudimentary literacy and numeracy, drilled children in camp rules, and constantly reminded them of their iniquitous blood. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But it’s not all that useful for, say, a group of people trying to spark a literacy epidemic with a small budget and one hour of programming on public television. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In Ionia, the Phoenician alphabet was first adapted to Greek usage and widespread literacy became possible. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As previously noted, poll taxes, literacy tests, and felon disenfranchisement laws were all formally race-neutral practices that were employed in order to avoid the prohibition on race discrimination in voting contained in the Fifteenth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Apart from prison literacy courses, he said, he was entirely self-educated. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was right— Khan Sahib’s family was building it, but it wasn't a factory. It’s a literacy center.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Our earliest written information about Japan comes from Chinese chronicles, because China developed literacy long before it spread from China to either Korea or Japan. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The material introduces Japan to children, and provide a lesson rich in culture, literacy, and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In Selma, black war veterans joined the all-black Dallas County Voters League, which introduced a literacy program and urged blacks to register as voters. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z For all I know the test was a challenge to her at the level of basic literacy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Giulia was full of inside sources familiar with the English literacy test. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z These four stages establish the fundamental building blocks for children to develop musical literacy. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z They might have called on teachers, might have demanded some kind of national literacy campaign for children of the poor—white and nonwhite—at the earliest levels of learning. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Poll workers had the discretion to charge a poll tax or administer a literacy test, or not, and they exercised their discretion in a racially discriminatory manner. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Within a short time, the Cherokees achieved almost 100 percent literacy in the syllabary, bought a printing press, had Sequoyah’s signs cast as type, and began printing books and newspapers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “He needs you. This literacy center is going to get him more votes for the next election, but only if people attend it.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They talked about fundraisers for scholarships to black colleges, literacy campaigns, and voter registration drives. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In short, literacy made the Spaniards heirs to a huge body of knowledge about human behavior and history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Her agent of infection was television, and the “virus” she wanted to spread was literacy. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But even to pose that question is to illustrate the gap between ancient perspectives and our own expectations of mass literacy. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sigils, as I recall from some dark comic book series, are symbols of medieval magic from back in the day when so few people were literate that literacy itself was seen as borderline magical. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z These bureaucratic minefields are the modern-day equivalent of poll taxes and literacy tests—“colorblind” rules designed to make voting a practical impossibility for a group defined largely by race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Select three of the terms from either list and give an example of how you might use that term to illustrate music concepts in addition to either a math or literacy concept. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Just as in their encounter with Native Americans, Europeans entering Africa enjoyed the triple advantage of guns and other technology, widespread literacy, and the political organization necessary to sustain expensive programs of exploration and conquest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z After that he could organize lessons under the courtyard’s scabby mango, teaching literacy to any guard or fellow prisoner who felt like improving himself on a given day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Except that the high literacy level was largely because of the Communist movement. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And because they had been denied access to education, they could not pass literacy tests. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z During the Jim Crow era, African Americans were denied the right to vote through poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and felon disenfranchisement laws, even though the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The white man taking his application gave him the standard literacy tests: “What is the first line of the thirty-second paragraph of the United States Constitution?” he asked. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I have removed the final pages of this book as a quire, and it is my purpose to use them to demonstrate the arts of literacy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z That the Ptolemies maintained a public library suggests that literacy was relatively widespread in the capital, at least among the Greeks. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z In the slave years any attempt at literacy among Negroes was severely punished. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The consequences of literacy are prominent in the ultimate explanation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “The literacy center is coming along nicely,” her guest said, tucking the photographs back in her purse. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Hence the next four chapters will explore how the ultimate cause of food production led to the proximate causes of germs, literacy, technology, and centralized government. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “No offense, but would you mind checking again? I’m not sure I can trust the literacy of someone who tries to rhyme ‘north’ with ‘worth.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Asif was already sitting at the desk at the literacy center, typing on his laptop, when I walked into his classroom. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The act, in effect, abolished poll taxes, literacy tests and other barriers to equal opportunity at the ballot box. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But there existed in the Western world an element that baffled and frightened the Communist party: the prevalence of self-achieved literacy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Applicants who were admitted to the office had to take a written literacy test. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Blackwell followed the students for one school year and tracked their performance on literacy tests. Kindergarteners Who Share iPads May Perform Better: Study 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z “There is a literacy to our interactions with film and the screen today, and I think it has made theater artists more able to think critically around how film communicates,” he said. Coming Soon to a Stage Near You: Yesteryear’s Movies 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z She focuses on literacy instruction for teachers and coaches at elementary schools in New York City, as well at workshops throughout the United States. Elizabeth Petkanics, Andrew Van Tassel 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z We see pages from executive orders regarding Covid-19, Georgia’s recent voting rights bill, a Louisiana state literacy test and a court case about illegal voting. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Of Mr. Goffin’s strengths, DeCurtis added, “His lyrics are both elegant and plainspoken, moving without succumbing to sentimentality. He set a standard for literacy without ever being a show-off about it.” Gerry Goffin, lyricist who co-wrote seminal ’60s hits, dies at 75 To remedy this, she is launching The Bronx is Reading — a literacy program that will target those underserved schools — in tandem with the festival. Coming Soon to the Bronx, a Long Overdue Book Festival 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z In examining what kind of society would begrudge an elderly man a chance at literacy, the filmmakers situate Maruge’s tale on the slippery ground between satire and suspense thriller. | 'The First Grader': Simple Quest for Literacy Hits a Wall of Politics 2011-05-12T23:10:04Z She has supported literacy organizations with her philanthropy, and she was inspired by David Rubenstein’s gifts to major Washington institutions. The latest word on Planet Word: Downtown D.C.’s language museum is set to open in May 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z But what that also requires is an increased state of vision literacy on the part of viewers. Celebrating Black Culture With a Careful Eye 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z “When we began, there was very little ecological literacy,” says Sarah Kelsen, an ecological engineer and co-owner of Land Beyond the Sea, an edible design firm founded in 2010 in Ithaca, New York. Edible landscapes are un-lawning America 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z There was nothing else on television quite like its blend of heart and idiosyncratic cultural literacy. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Community’ 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Most education curricula are literally the documentary and some questions; ours is little age-appropriate modules with four different age groups being taught gender and media literacy. Miss Representation Doc Director on Why the Media (Still) Hates Women 2012-04-10T15:47:31Z He then talked about how different first ladies have had different projects -- Laura Bush and literacy -- and he named two or three others. Congressman sorry for Michelle Obama 'big butt' remark 2011-12-22T19:35:00Z The school teaches "musical core literacy education and talent development for all ages," according to its website. Girl, 3, to play at Carnegie Hall music competition: 'Among the youngest' 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z “Reading Rainbow” ended in 2009 after advocating for the beauty of the written word and child literacy for over twenty-five years. LeVar Burton’s Kickstarter campaign is everything that made “Reading Rainbow” great 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Twice she was told she didn’t pass the literacy test, which was a Jim Crow invention to keep blacks from voting. The amazing Rosa Parks story too few people still know 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z He had solved the problem of his music literacy by conducting the entire score from memory. Gilbert E. Kaplan, Publisher and Improbable Conductor, Dies at 74 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The conference also outlined a major benefit of the Twilight series and books like them: neuroscientists said that if certain skills, such as literacy, do not develop properly before adolescence, they may be lost forever. Vampires: a force for good or evil? 2010-09-27T15:00:00Z “I realized how much he did for the community,” she said, citing his back-to-school drives and interest in spreading financial literacy to underserved populations. 21 Savage’s Still-Bumpy Path to Freedom 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Still, Cashill's and Limbaugh's libel about Obama's memoir – the denial of literacy, the denial of authorship – had a particularly ugly pedigree. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z “There’s a literacy associated with documentation,” he said. Noting the History of the Paper Trail 2012-12-16T20:47:26Z We were supposing, imagining, thinking about issues of literacy and censorship. Why I banned “The Handmaid’s Tale” — and why we need it more than ever 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Her "Parable of the Sower" from 1993 focuses on problems ripped from California's current headlines: global warming, fires, disappearing water supplies, homelessness, gated communities protected by citizens brandishing guns, literacy issues among the young. Quarantine book club: Reading for mental health in a plague year 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Visual literacy is every bit as important, and if our culture and school systems placed more emphasis on learning about art, people would grow up with more of a museum habit. The Met Should Be Open to All. The New Pay Policy Is a Mistake. 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z “We offer traditional visual literacy, but also two categories of courses that are more contemporary, like a social history of art.” Barnes Foundation’s Director Aims ‘to Unpack the Ideas’ in the Art 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Miller cited some worrisome national developments in the literacy rankings. Washington, D.C., wrests 'most literate' crown from Seattle 2011-01-10T18:09:03Z This process of chaperoning words is vital for the literacy development of young readers — and there are many opportunities to read with the children in our lives over the holidays. Picture books offer diversity, a chance for reading aloud and rich discussion 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Kerala is a wealthy state: even the poorest have decent homes; literacy rates are high. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z “Mama,” I finally said, “you quit your literacy classes. You loved them so much. Why would you do that?” Despite my mama’s secret shame, she was the smartest person I knew 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z “Look at Barbara Bush — you don’t think she got literacy funding because she was charming, do you?” A tiny staff. An aide’s abrupt departure. That jacket. Why Melania Trump’s Be Best is off to a slow start. 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Asked about the importance of science literacy, Mr. Bloomberg pointed to the election season as an example. Michael Bloomberg Gives $50 Million to Museum of Science, Boston 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z And, providing women migrant workers with financial literacy training is just one way they help give them more independence. These 8 World Leaders Are Taking Major Steps Towards Gender Equality 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z But comics provided affordable literacy and I got hooked on them — Batman, Superman, Fantastic Four, etc. Ian Rankin: By the Book 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z “At the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, New York, the director of development partnered with a local nonprofit to deliver digital literacy classes to some of their seniors,” she says. Perspective | With the theatrical movie business in peril, art houses might hold the key to survival 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z It’s only fitting that so many of Dickens’ novels, which I’ve been reading and rereading in advance of his Feb. 7 bicentenary, involve plots or subplots or scenes that pivot on learning and literacy. Why to Read Dickens Now (Or Watch Him on TV) 2012-01-26T19:39:00Z He expresses no interest in the needs of the young, the elderly and the disadvantaged of Bolton for literacy, education and access to computers. Library campaigners predict 1,000 closures by 2016 2013-07-12T11:11:22Z We have become so used to the thought that any higher literacy is in retreat before the forces of electronic media and consumer idiotism, that perhaps to imagine the opposite has become impossible. Twelve of the best new novelists 2011-02-25T13:05:56Z Turning down a lucrative job offer in the corporate business world, in 2012 he instead founded Springboard Collaborative, a nonprofit dedicated to closing the literacy gap by cultivating reading habits in low-income and immigrant families. Writing Their Own Stories, Together 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z He is sincere in this goal, which aligns both with his philanthropic support of literacy and his personal gripes about the electorate’s analytic skills. James Patterson Would Like You to Read 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Start ’em young with this STEM-centric board-book that promotes science literacy by introducing concepts such as mass, net force and gravity. Fantastic books for the teens, toddlers and kids in between on your list 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The spread of literacy and mass communications — the most popular newspaper in Moscow was selling more than 800,000 copies a day before 1914 — meant that a much larger public was well-informed and engaged. ArtsBeat: Turning Points: Margaret MacMillan Talks About ‘The War That Ended Peace’ 2013-12-19T20:23:12Z Tuesday’s performer is Mister G, a children’s musician who emphasizes letters and literacy. Spare Times for Children for July 11-17 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z They are also building online tools for teaching news literacy skills and specific topics such as interpreting science in the news and media ethics. Colleges turn ‘fake news’ epidemic into a teachable moment 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Schools should be redoubling their efforts to teach news literacy, civics and history. Fake news is sickening. But don’t make the cure worse than the disease. 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Nawaz: One of the things we hear a lot from our viewers is on any given day, along the lines of media literacy there's an assumption of bias with a lot of media. "PBS NewsHour" co-hosts report facts in an era of distrust: "There's an assumption of bias in media" 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the public discovered Burton's soothing podcast that uplifts reading and literacy, and Burton himself began courting offers. From "Jeopardy!" to "Trivial Pursuit," how LeVar Burton's latest lesson is one to inspire us all 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z “Sometimes the posters were better than the films. And by making posters that were interpretive as opposed to literal — just showing the movie star — they were encouraging viewers to develop critical thinking and visual literacy.” Hollywood in Havana: Film posters by Cuban graphic artists are love letters to American cinema 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z “I teach children’s literature in an education school, so my audience is teachers,” said Laura Jimenez, a literacy education professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Perspective | How to encourage teenagers — especially boys — to read this summer 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z These letters do not always sound the same as they do in Western languages, but pinyin overall was a hit, credited plausibly with a huge boost in literacy in China. One country, two systems 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z A second tour of the labyrinth draws me to the relationship of black people and literacy. Edgar Arceneaux’s labyrinthine ‘Library of Black Lies’ invites endless interpretation 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z The project was originally sponsored by a nonprofit Pittsburgh literacy group called Beginning With Books, which closed its doors last year due to budget cuts. 10 great books for great babies 2011-05-21T01:42:06Z What is always more difficult in book-history is to establish the habits of obscure readers, levels of literacy at particular times and place, everyday reading habits outside the elite class. The Woman Reader by Belinda Jack – review 2012-07-05T07:00:01Z In fact, the primary school literacy curriculum is clogged up with a strategy based on short passages of reading and writing, most of which bores most children and most teachers. This government has set its face against reading 2010-12-24T12:23:59Z To be eligible, a student must be enrolled full-time in an education program in the College of Education and Health Professions with an expressed interest in elementary education, particularly reading and literacy. Author James Patterson expands UA scholarships 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Word-centric fuddy-duddies see the decline of literacy reflected in their heart-shaped eyes, while guardians of decorum lament the spread of greasy kid stuff dripping from the characters’ snail trails. Should Grown Men Use Emoji? 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The hefty, illustrated Workman paperback promises “culinary literacy for men.” A manly cooking primer from Steven Raichlen 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z “The Daily Show” may not have set out to fix problems, but it gave viewers a toolbox, teaching them media literacy and bringing them the news with incision and analysis. Review: How Do You Solve ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’? 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z While he was in hospital, he met a fellow patient who was an English teacher, and started to work with him on his literacy; then, through adult education, he discovered a talent for poetry. 'All my life suddenly made sense': how it feels to be diagnosed with autism late in life 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z The daughter of two engineers who came to the United States as political refugees from Uganda, Ms. Saujani is in some ways an unlikely advocate for computer literacy. Teaching Kids Coding, by the Book 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z “The idea is to open a door,” said Vernecia Griffin, a camp instructor who teaches elementary school computer literacy in Howard County. Computer hackers don’t stand a chance against these girls 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Until media literacy becomes a mandatory part of every teen’s classroom, however, it’s up to parents. Perspective | Is this the secret to getting teens to reject junk food? 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z In south India, where literacy rates and incomes are highest in the country, suicide rates are 10 times higher than in northern states, according to a study published in The Lancet medical journal in 2012. In modernizing India, suicide is on the rise among young 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z The increasing participation of non-Hindus in traditional Hindu dance forms is being seen as a sign of religious tolerance in Kerala, a progressive state with a high rate of literacy. Muslim man excels in classical Indian dance for Hindu women 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z It's great to see Edinburgh Libraries encouraging reading and literacy in such a fun way. Edinburgh festival book lovers to attempt reading record 2011-08-09T13:10:39Z In the rest of his letters, he hardly retreated an inch: magnifying small details in the historical record as revelatory, disregarding evidence that disproved his thesis, and again raising the matter of Shakespeare’s literacy. An Unexpected Letter from John Paul Stevens, Shakespeare Skeptic 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z This was introduced in 1998 with a daily literacy and numeracy hour for all primary schools. Public sector cuts: where they will hit 2011-03-25T08:30:00Z It wasn’t until David started a nonprofit — Worldreader, which works to expand literacy in the developing world — that they realized the problematic aspects of DAFs, they said. Zombie philanthropy: The rich have stashed billions in donor-advised charities — but it’s not reaching those in need 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Sociable literacy took a variety of household forms. We Are What We Read 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z SAT Visual arts, performances, vendors, health, wellness, higher education and financial literacy information, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z I spoke with Paul K. Chappell, an Iraq War veteran and the Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Foundation, who advocates for teaching peace literacy in schools. The gym class wars: Was I glorifying violence with these physical education games? 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Greater access to education meant literacy rates soared. ‘Unexpected Smiles: Seven Types of Humor in Japanese Paintings’ Review: Elegance That Encourages Laughter 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z What Mister Rogers tried to teach us — how to navigate “some of the more difficult modulations” in everyday life — might now be classified as emotional literacy. Review: Take the Next Trolley to ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z The Soar With Reading program, sponsored by JetBlue Airways and PBS Kids, supports literacy and donates books to needy children. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 10-16 2012-08-10T04:40:09Z They were the foundation of the family’s literacy and love of literature. Alice Walker: By the Book 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z And indeed, “Glee”-literacy is a must for appreciating this show. ArtsBeat Blog: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Gleeam' 2011-08-18T19:49:44Z Childhood literacy, and reading to and with children from infancy on, are passions of mine. Motherlode Blog: The Link Between Reading Level and Dropout Rates 2012-03-19T21:19:01Z As a blueprint, I’ll be using my own journey as an independent rap activist — my failures, my triumphs and my journey of self-discovery through health literacy, empowerment, mindfulness and self-actualization. The Blue Flame of ‘Hotlanta’ 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Though Joyce says many home-schoolers go on to do exceptionally well once they go to college, she has also encountered problems with basics like literacy. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z During the early modern period in Europe, literacy expanded while the cost of publication decreased, leading to an explosion of newspapers, pamphlets and books. Why Constitutions Are the Safeguards of Freedom 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z "This event is a celebration of literacy and we like to stay ahead of the curve," said Anna Magzanyan, vice president of Times marketing. Festival brings authors to fans as industry changes 2010-04-25T22:39:00Z Ben Gundersheimer, emphasizes letters and literacy, and in more than one language. For Children Listings for Jan. 29-Feb. 4 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The new method was a convergence of Moore’s genetic literacy and the search angel community’s experience with public records sleuthing. DNA search angels: the Facebook 'detectives' who help reunite families 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Other events, which include stargazing at Brooklyn Bridge Park and scientific demonstrations hosted by the actor Alan Alda, who supports science literacy, will be listed at worldsciencefestival.com. Renée Fleming and Joshua Bell to Unite for Science 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The underlying message baked into this pie is that laundry is women’s work, which the superbly clever woman will delegate to a horse while she spreads literacy. Beauty and the Beast: feminist or fraud? 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z At the least, he would like to see civics education return and news literacy improve vastly. Polls show Americans distrust the media. But talk to them, and it’s a very different story. 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The program, part of the Digital Citizen Fund started by Afghan social entrepreneur and Time 100 person of the year Roya Mahboob, seeks to expand digital literacy for women and girls throughout Afghanistan. “If we did not protest, no one would punish those men”: A brutal murder, a sham trial, and justice denied in Kabul 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Its aim is to increase the power of the literate class and further limit literacy, without provoking war with the U.S.S.R. or alienating the rising powers — China and the Latin American block. Science fiction’s 2012 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z The act of promoting literacy for slaves was a crime in the antebellum South, and when the girls were found out, both were punished. ‘The Invention of Wings’: waking to the evils of slavery 2013-12-31T22:20:55Z Save the Children offers early education, literacy, physical activity and nutrition programs for children. Garner to help open children's centers in W.Va. 2010-11-19T15:57:00Z For example, President Obama’s father wrote a book in the 1960s in Luo, his tribal dialect, to promote adult literacy in Kenya. Budget Cuts Hobble Library of Congress 2013-05-04T00:03:52Z The event, called Tell Me a Story, is a benefit for 826LA on the literacy organization's 10th anniversary. Letters Live makes its American debut tonight in L.A. 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Jacqueline Woodson, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, said, “The first thing I want to say is give literacy all your money!” National Book Festival in Washington breaks attendance and sales records 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z On April 29, he wrote, “She wrote lines that stung & hummed. 13 years in her presence was happily humbling. #RIPMichelleMcNamara” and included a link to donate in her name to the literacy program 826LA. Patton Oswalt’s lessons in mourning: Brief, simple messages of love and remembrance resonate 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z British parents should recognise Biff, Chip and Kipper: their early literacy books are apparently being used in 80% of UK primary schools. 20 Best iPhone and iPad apps this week 2012-10-12T16:03:19Z An alphabet allows a more rapid spread of literacy and communications. Hunting for the Dawn of Writing, When Prehistory Became History 2010-10-19T21:55:00Z He is also a director of Literacy Trust, a New York organization that provides early childhood literacy programs in New York's public schools. Althea Webber, Michael Gruen 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Since the first meeting in December 2019, “we’ve read 61 novels,” Williams said, adding that she was inspired to start the book club upon considering the “direct correlation between literacy ability and incarceration rates.” Meet the ‘Book Lady.’ She’s determined to donate 1 million books to Virginia kids. 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Most African-American women in the South, like African-American men, were blocked by poll taxes, literacy tests and other racial barriers, while Native Americans and Asian immigrants were largely excluded from citizenship entirely. The Complex History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Education is also key in Dominica, which has a literacy rates of 94 percent, well above the global average of 84 percent. Going somewhere? Try one of the 10 places named as most ethical travel destinations 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Fang Kecheng, a communications professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong, runs a WeChat account called News Lab, which is focussed on media literacy. The “Post-Truth” Publication Where Chinese Students in America Get Their News 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Her mother is an adjunct instructor for adult English as a second language at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, and retired as a literacy teacher at North Ridge Elementary School in Raleigh. Bethany Hill, Mitchell McCarthy 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Guggenheim's recommendations in "Waiting for 'Superman'" approach tautology, as when he urges us to "celebrate great teachers," "ensure world-class standards" and "raise literacy rates." "Waiting for 'Superman'": Can public education be saved? 2010-09-23T01:01:00Z Rather, it is used as a gateway to literacy, giving young children a systematic way to learn the sounds of the thousands of characters required to be literate in Chinese. One country, two systems 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Advertisement This nature-as-language theme is his great takeaway, a kind of challenge not just to be captivated by the superficial romance of the outdoors but to practice “landscape literacy,” to understand its constituent parts. Swedish Islands Offer an Escape From Stockholm 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The early reader’s steady ascent can explode into a towering geyser of literacy because, Cunningham explains, reading is largely self-taught and begets its own mastery. Can babies read? 2012-09-12T16:08:00Z In two dozen tightly focused chapters covering everything from monetary policy and international law to terrorism and climate change, “The World” aims to promote a minimally necessary level of knowledge that Haass calls “global literacy.” The Challenges of a Threatening World 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Will she ever be able to speak the language of literacy? Motherlode Blog: Can a Daughter With Dyslexia Learn to Love Words? 2012-06-12T14:26:38Z “I think we should be teaching media literacy in every high school in the country,” Mr. Wilson said. Documentary Film Festivals Feel Push on Accuracy 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z It took humanity 200,000 years to produce movable type, widespread literacy and enough leisure time to enjoy a book. Perspective | Summer reading has a fraught history. But if there was ever a time to delight in escapism, it’s now. 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z “You needed these literacies, and cultural literacy was one of them.” Righting Wrongs and Generating Attention for Art of the African Diaspora 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Now there are football schools for aspiring pros, giving them lessons in life skills and financial literacy, as well as soccer training. Rewind radio: Good Morning Sunday; Pity the Poor Soccer Stars; 5Live Breakfast: Your Call – review 2013-01-26T22:30:01Z The early-1900s heyday of bookend manufacturing coincided with Americans’ pride in their growing literacy rate. At the Met, Honoring Kimonos and a Scholar of the Same 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Long-term funding had allowed the festival to also offer the kinds of programs that grow readers over time: workshops for local teachers, literacy programs and partnerships with local communities, governments, and businesses, Munhoz said. Brazil’s Lula Promised ‘More Books in Place of Guns.’ Can He Deliver? 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Don't spend more than you have is about the extent of my financial literacy. My parents are dead—can I afford avocado toast now? 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z The painter was identified as Van Dyck, but Snare, with an art lover’s instincts and an autodidact’s ravenous literacy, was certain it was painted by Diego Velázquez. Review: ‘The Vanishing Velázquez’ Tells of Art Obsession 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z But the pleasures afforded by this long-running television series overlap considerably with the satisfactions for which many of us look to the theater: a heightened literacy, refined wit, rich characterizations, absorbing narrative, plummy British accents. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Missing Maggie Smith 2011-02-17T18:40:33Z Around the time I was swithering over this decision, it became clear that my son was having trouble with certain aspects of literacy. The monster in my mouth: Maggie O'Farrell on fighting her stammer 2013-02-27T20:00:01Z The episode highlighted how the school provides a food pantry, clothes closet, free haircuts and literacy training for students' families. Justin Bieber stages concert at Las Vegas school 2011-12-16T14:57:14Z With no real literacy beyond that, with no capacity to actually say: Okay, so tell us what that means, what needs to be done. An architect of critical race theory: ‘We cannot allow all of the lessons from the civil rights movement forward to be packed up and put away for storage’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z My papa had to start working when he was 12 or 13, so he had a complicated relationship to literacy, and yet he was such a great advocate for me as a young reader. ‘It’s More Money Than I Imagined.’ So He’s Giving Some of It Away. 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z “We interview people on technology and its impact on literacy. The stuff we try to share is interesting even if you’re not our friend.” Of Myself I Sing 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z If we can allow women to have political control of their bodies, and medical facilities and education and literacy … wherever that happens the birth rate falls. 'It is fantastic, better than travelling to the moon' – David Attenborough returns to the Great Barrier Reef 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The magic of literacy can happen at any time, but it is especially important in childhood. Perspective | Ask Amy: It’s time to put ‘a book on every bed’ 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z As general literacy declined, he notes, “opportunities to read forbidden literature paradoxically increased”. In the heat of the sun 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The library will also offer “one-on-one digital literacy and skills coaching and access to online tutorials.” Libraries to offer Wi-Fi to go in Chicago and New York 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z This detachment has had real consequences on our food literacy. Impasta! How the Barilla "pasta fraud" allegations illustrate America's food illiteracy 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z “I’m really grateful I grew up in a house in which media literacy was a survival skill,” she said, drawing careful giggles from the small crowd at the Core Club in New York. Chelsea Clinton, Living Up to the Family Name 2011-12-07T16:00:40Z We are suffering from the militancy of millennials with no historical literacy whatsoever infused with the DNA of 1960s radicals. Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z “He was thinking and speaking about literacy, popular culture, compulsory education, juvenile delinquency, at risk children and the different ways we raise boys from girls, and rich from poor.” ‘Huck Finn’s America’ by Andrew Levy 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z A conspiracy thriller filled with bewildering connections, dark conjecture and arcane information, The House of Rumour perhaps most resembles The Da Vinci Code, rewritten by an author with the gifts of characterisation, wit and literacy. The House of Rumour by Jake Arnott – review 2012-06-29T07:00:02Z Either way, it didn’t improve my investing literacy. Cutting the Cord: What Parents and Teenagers Need to Know 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z He rages through a list of national inadequacies "… seventh in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy". The Newsroom: are news anchors really this important? 2012-06-23T23:04:22Z Now she steps up a gear with a more challenging play about isolation, deafness, families and the confusion of articulacy with emotional literacy. Tribes ? review 2010-10-21T01:07:00Z It seems odd to be writing a piece about the value of reading for an audience in a country where compulsory education guarantees some degree of literacy to all. Rigoberto González grew up in a family of immigrant farmerworkers. Now he writes award-winning books. 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z “As a lifelong advocate for literacy, the opportunity to launch my book club on Fable’s wonderful new platform is extremely exciting and timely,” Burton said in a statement Tuesday. LeVar Burton launches book club with James Baldwin novel 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z With the rise of literacy and science, Scriptures were printed and scrutinized, then examined as if they were historical documents. What Is the Meaning of Sacred Texts? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Currently, eight groups rent office space, including the National Newspaper Publishers Association and nonprofits focused on issues such as health and literacy. Thurgood Marshall Center is a gem of a resource 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Across the Arab world—where literacy rates remain low, copyright law is hard to enforce, and a print run of three thousand is considered a success—the lack of fiction readers is regularly bemoaned. The Novel After the Arab Spring 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z Mosse said "frontline support for literacy" was being cut, while Pullman declared that the librarian "is not simply a checkout clerk", and Self condemned the "crude calculus of cost-benefit analysis" involved. Library cuts and job losses condemned by leading authors 2010-11-22T08:00:00Z Parents and caregivers can put a book on every bed in their own households; you can also help to spread the cause of literacy by generously sharing this idea in your own community. Perspective | Ask Amy: It’s time to put ‘a book on every bed’ 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Maybe this episode didn’t reflect “Rainbow’s” core commitment to literacy as much as others, but I’ve always appreciated the transparency of it. LeVar Burton’s Kickstarter campaign is everything that made “Reading Rainbow” great 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Using US Census data for income in the relevant cities, I learned that wealthier cites are no more likely to rank highly in literacy than poorer cities. Which city is more literate — Seattle or D.C.? 2013-02-16T23:51:42Z They all moved into the restaurant for lunch; in a nod to the first lady’s literacy work, the final surprise was individual mini birthday cakes designed to look like three stacked books. Entertaining tips from the renowned owner of the Inn at Little Washington 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z “One’s literacy is directly connected to how much one was read to from an early age.” Children’s Primers Court the Littlest Radicals 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Instead, there is a new emphasis on "information literacy." Will high school "classics" be replaced? 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Every year for the last decade, Central Connecticut State University has combed through data about American cities with more than 250,000 inhabitants and produced a list ranking them by literacy. Capital Letters: D.C. Named Most Book-Friendly Burb in the U.S. 2013-02-07T18:19:28Z "It's for that reason, improving standards of literacy is at the heart of my raising standards and performance across the board here in Wales." Children's chance to 'explore' Dylan 2013-10-09T10:19:13Z SAT Music, activities celebration of children and the importance of literacy for all cultural backgrounds, sponsored by King County Library, 1 p.m. Community calendar 2012-04-25T22:12:07Z As imaginative beings, exercising that literacy is one of life’s great pleasures. Review | Lana Del Rey suddenly sounds like the poet laureate of post-truth 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Tim Shanahan is a charismatic reading guru who writes a popular, authoritative blog on literacy issues in addition to his internationally recognized scholarship. Can babies read? 2012-09-12T16:08:00Z Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP Recently, a study suggested that enhanced ebooks, which allow kids to interact with stories by swiping or tapping text, may be detrimental to developing literacy and memory. For young readers, the book's the thing whatever technology may bring 2012-06-13T14:41:01Z Americans have always assumed that the key to undoing the all-encompassing framework of white supremacy lies, in part, in literacy. Can You Dismantle White Supremacy With Words? 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z He is in demand as a speaker and an advocate for, among other things, libraries, literacy and the rights of children. An Undaunted Author Muses on His Unlikely Hit 2011-04-11T12:25:23Z The “Star Trek: Next Generation” star hosted the children’s literacy program that aired on public television through 2009. ‘Reading Rainbow’ gets hand from Seth MacFarlane 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z I’ve been to countless schools over the past 5 years, giving talks and workshops on literacy and the power of reading. America's 3 major 2019 pageant winners are black women: A win for black girls, too 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Those things are connected to cultural literacy, but they aren’t the same. Perspective | Congress’s kente cloth spectacle was a mess of contradictions 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Their efforts produced a unique Indo-Islamic painting style, and for a time the Deccan also set the standard for Persian poetry and was an important center of Arabic literacy and literary composition. Review: ‘Sultans of Deccan India,’ Unearthly Treasures of a Golden Age, at the Met 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z It may well be that a juror's educational background is such that he or she may not be able to pass your proposed literacy test. Should jurors have to take a test? 2013-02-23T18:00:01Z Are there worse malefactors scrubbing their toxic reputations with a new hospital wing or kids literacy program? Perspective | Two major museums are turning down Sackler donations. Will others follow? 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The only sticking point, of course, is that declining cursive literacy makes assembling that army a challenge. The National Archives has billions of handwritten documents. With cursive skills declining, how will we read them? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z How then do you explain that Cuba has one of highest literacy rates in the world, far surpassing that of the United States? Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z If an indelible association between Ares and the Hells Angels lingers in these young readers’ minds, such may be the price of their mythological literacy. The Percy Jackson Problem 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Dear Amy: I’m writing in appreciation for your “Book on Every Bed” literacy campaign. Perspective | Ask Amy: Sibling wants coming-out guide for ‘Modern Family’ 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Now, those of us who live for books worry about the decline of literacy, the ascension of emoji, the supremacy of video. The book is dead. Long live the book festival. 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The citation commended the Pierce County system’s innovations in supporting early literacy, supporting diverse constituencies and maintaining meaningful community partnerships. The return of NW Bookfest and other literary news 2013-06-28T19:20:25Z The museum is also partnering with a Black-run financial institution, Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union, to offer financial literacy training — the skill most requested by its members — to parents alongside the museum’s after-school programs. ‘It’s About Time.’ Museums Make Bids for Their Communities. 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z He is among the best selling authors in history and, like Parton, a champion of literacy programs. Dolly Parton, James Patterson — in words and music 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z She usually spends two weeks focusing on news in her 16-week media literacy class, which encourages critical thinking about mass media and how it functions. Colleges turn ‘fake news’ epidemic into a teachable moment 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z “A Bible for Our Nation: American Bible Society 1816-1831,” a small exhibition at the Museum of Biblical Art, relates a chapter in this revolution in publishing and literacy. Exhibitions of Medieval Biblical Masterworks 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Books were read aloud, a pastime that grew enormously in popularity alongside rising literacy rates, the birth of commercial publishing and the emergence of the professional writer. When reading a book was a group activity 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z In naming Mr. Robinson the award winner, the National Book Foundation cited his commitment to children’s literacy worldwide, his innovations in publishing and his efforts in helping drive technology solutions in education. Richard Robinson of Scholastic Honored for Lifetime of Work in Children’s Publishing 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z But being in the play — and reading and memorizing the script — helped her reading skills so much, Ms. Goslins said, that the literacy coach later told her, “I’m a believer.” Chuck Close Uses Art to Inspire Students to Academic Success 2012-12-18T22:55:31Z "The situation we face in rural South Africa is the same in any other African country – low literacy compounded by lack of access to services and affordable healthcare," says Wilson. Africa innovations: 15 ideas helping to transform a continent 2012-08-25T23:05:54Z But there was also literacy’s metaphysical promise — that you could write your way into new futures, into places that existed outside of imaginations made narrow by anti-blackness. Can You Dismantle White Supremacy With Words? 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Even so, toxicology literacy won’t help in the frozen food aisle. There are 2,000 untested chemicals in packaged foods — and it’s legal 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Prior to the invention of the printing press and mass literacy, this would have made little sense as the "reading public" did not really exist. Why "free speech" needs a new definition in the age of the internet and Trumpist tweets 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z In a kind of hearts-and-flowers literacy drive, public libraries across the country are sponsoring speed-date nights to draw more young professionals into reading rooms. One Way to Encourage Checking-Out at the Library 2011-03-02T22:32:49Z And every year, publishers like DC and Marvel encourage literacy through the free distribution of some of their titles on Free Comic Book Day, the first Saturday in May. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Since Mr. Ashman’s death, the Disney movie song, workmanlike and polished though it may be, has never found such a perfect blend of literacy, wit and mass appeal. Movie Review | 'Waking Sleeping Beauty': Meeting Animators Behind a Decade of Disney Hits 2010-03-26T00:25:00Z Ms. Greene was earning her master’s in education and literacy and hanging around plant shops when she realized she could make money from her hobby. You Can Pay People to Style Your Houseplants 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The widespread lack of news literacy and basic civics is something that Trump depends upon. Perspective | The Sanders-Warren ‘feud’ and Ukraine revelations are nowhere near equal in importance. Try telling the media that. 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Included are patchwork quilts, woven bags and notecards; proceeds will benefit literacy and other programs for the craftswomen, sponsored in Egypt by the Association for the Protection of the Environment. Spare Times for Nov. 25-Dec. 1 2011-11-24T20:02:45Z All told, we received more than 350 online entries, reaffirming our faith in literacy, language and the single-minded pursuit of fame. Seattle Times Poetry Contest finalists 2011-04-27T22:15:04Z Jimmy Patterson is the latest in a string of endeavors by the author to encourage infant literacy. Author James Patterson To Launch Children's Book Imprint 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z These will be expansions of existing programs in many places, like the Albany Symphony’s effort to foster musical literacy through songwriting, partnering with young composers like Ted Hearne. Orchestras in Albany, Rochester and Buffalo Stay Nimble 2014-04-30T12:32:12Z Jewish history has survived, thanks to its people’s intense literacy. Books of The Times: Simon Schama’s ‘The Story of the Jews’ 2014-03-10T20:50:31Z Imagine what these donations can buy in poor countries around the world – even five books are enough to fund an adult literacy class or 16 vaccinations to protect livestock from disease. Hay festival 2010: Oxfam wants your old books 2010-05-30T11:59:00Z As a language and literacy researcher, I work with teachers to develop reading strategies that develop children’s interest in reading and help them think critically. Why every parent should read to their kids 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z More local doings: The Seattle7Writers group, never at a loss for words or good ideas, is sponsoring a book-club brunch to benefit literacy. Lit Life: Seattle Public Library hosts 'The Submission' events 2012-04-27T22:12:07Z The chapter is tied intimately to our notions of literacy, as signalled by the fact that we give the name “chapter books” to the texts that offer school-age children their first mature reading experiences. The Chapter: A History 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z I guess my next question involves your activism in encouraging children's literacy. James Patterson says pushing a narrative of stolen election results is "the game that Trump plays" 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Her father was a cement contractor and her mother was a secretary at an Air Force base near Oklahoma City and also led local campaigns to improve literacy. Marjorie Strider, Sly Pop Artist, Is Dead at 83 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z There, some 200 attendees, many silkily coifed young women, paid $50 apiece for admission to panels on topics like styling, personal branding and “financial literacy.” A ‘Sugar Date’ Gone Sour 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z And he’s also a pretty awesome guy — when they won a massive Canadian music prize in 2009, for example, he gave the money to a charity for aboriginal women, and he’s done literacy work. Manny Pacquiao loses his crown 2012-05-16T18:50:00Z He believed he had inherited his role as a kind of lexical commander in chief from medieval monks, whose literacy in a mostly illiterate world demonstrated the extraordinary power of words to shape reality. Rammellzee?s Work and Reputation Re-emerge 2012-02-24T02:36:40Z Through such projects, “Sesame Street” emphasizes emotional literacy as well as reading and math. Spare Times for Children for Nov. 7-13 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z With funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in collaboration with L.A.'s Department of Cultural Affairs, it hosts a local "Big Read" every spring, a literacy event for children and adults. Museum of the San Fernando Valley could herald 'cultural renaissance' 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z She fell into a deep depression, and abruptly stopped going to her literacy classes. Despite my mama’s secret shame, she was the smartest person I knew 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z He has recently released two neosoul singles, “Neighborhood” and “Soul Travel,” recorded independently, and he is learning about financial literacy, including budgeting and investing. Caleb McLaughlin of ‘Stranger Things’ Slays Tennis Balls 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Through high-tech devices, Massaro would like to add reading to that list, even though most language researchers believe literacy requires deliberate training while spoken language gets an automatic free pass. Can babies read? 2012-09-12T16:08:00Z She wears her literacy as if it were a nose stud. ‘Tacky’ Finds the Joy in Bad Taste 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z “It was a terrific plus for literacy in this country.” ‘The end of an innocent world’: An oral history of the first National Book Festival, which debuted three days before 9/11 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z And we would go into public schools and facilitate reading workshops, literacy workshops for fourth to sixth graders who couldn't read, couldn't read a word, but they were in fourth, fifth, sixth grade. Wayétu Moore on writing the immortal heroine of "She Would Be King": "She grew as I grew" 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z She lost, spectacularly, and decided to start a nonprofit to teach computer literacy to girls. Teaching Kids Coding, by the Book 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z I would say that both books rely on readers’ multimedia literacy as a means of producing their own literariness. After e-literature, there’s no going back 2012-10-29T11:30:00Z This summer, the tourism department launched Purpose in Paradise, a program that links visitors to volunteer opportunities such as coral restoration, vegetable gardening and student literacy. Storm-Damaged Caribbean Resorts Make a Comeback for High Season 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Dominique Monféry’s “Eleanor’s Secret,” which won a special distinction award at the Annecy animation festival, is a slender adventure whose message about the importance of literacy is aimed at younger audiences. Critic’s Notebook: Festival of Gkids Films at IFC Center 2013-12-19T22:40:06Z Techniques like poll taxes and literacy tests are quickly invented to suppress the black vote. Review: Essential History in ‘Reconstruction’ on PBS 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z As the producer and long-running host of the PBS show “Reading Rainbow,” Burton has been the kindly conduit between generations of children and lifelong literacy. Perspective | Ask Amy: It’s time to put ‘a book on every bed’ 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z During the 20th century, the Democratic Party was well known for instituting anti-black policies in the South such as Jim Crow, poll taxes and literacy tests. Dear white progressives: Stop telling black people how to vote 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z It's also an effort to promote literacy, a cause Kennedy has supported in a number of ways. Caroline Kennedy returns to poetry for 10th book 2013-03-31T14:41:14Z People in Doncaster use libraries for many reasons: to find jobs, learn ICT skills, read the news, borrow books, study, find health information, improve their literacy and to meet people in their community. Doncaster library cuts are cultural vandalism 2010-08-18T11:06:00Z According a recent alliance report, “Museums on Call: How Museums Are Addressing Health Issues,” museums are opening their doors and collections to promote health literacy, research, medical training and disease prevention. Museums Special Section: Is There a Doctor in the Exhibition? 2014-03-19T20:37:56Z The music is rich and quirky enough to match the imagistic literacy of the lyrics, from the majestic, cinematic sweep of Intro onwards. New band of the day – Alt-J (No 1,275) 2012-05-24T15:26:10Z The severity of the outbreak in the three most affected countries has everything to do with the absence of doctors and hospitals and resources and basic medical literacy in those countries. My daughter’s Ebola scare: Why we’re not ready to panic (yet) 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z And along the way, he founded 826 National, a literacy organization for children with branches in eight cities. Review | Dave Eggers’s ‘The Parade’ is a heartbreaking work of staggering cynicism 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z He says that his multimedia remakes of masterpieces are intended to revive visual literacy in art audiences. Art Review: Adding Bells and Whistles to Leonardo 2010-12-05T22:48:00Z The academy does grievous damage to cinema literacy at a time when we’re awash in images to unpack and interpret. Perspective | Without editing and cinematography, there’s no movies. So how can you have an Oscars telecast without them? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z And this takes us back to our initial discussion of literacy versus the literary in the digital realm. After e-literature, there’s no going back 2012-10-29T11:30:00Z What they do, in 2017, is a far cry from the idea of shushing patrons and shelving books; librarians are advocates for books and readers and digital literacy and more. Librarians, librarians, librarians! 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z But this semester, she will spend eight weeks on news literacy. Colleges turn ‘fake news’ epidemic into a teachable moment 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The foundation of literacy is playful, exploratory and social experience. Beyond the summer book list: How to cultivate a childhood reading habitat 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z He documents how these elites have always feared and opposed universal literacy, public schools and libraries, and a free press. Southern values revived 2012-07-01T22:00:00Z Given the skills and specialization required for writing in the Middle Ages – the training, level of literacy, access to materials, for example – doodles in manuscripts were rarely thoughtless or accidental. Why so many medieval manuscripts feature doodles – and what they reveal 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z Like the inscription on the tomb of the unknown soldier, it celebrates noble obscurity, but its resonant memorial would not, of course, exist without language and literacy. Poem of the week: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray 2011-01-17T10:17:14Z The rapper launched his Bank Account program in 2018 to teach financial literacy to teenage students across the United States. 21 Savage launches free online financial program for youth 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Her Children’s Television Workshop brought together educators and entertainers, including a puppeteer named Jim Henson and the director Jon Stone, an idealist attracted to Cooney’s idea of closing the literacy gap for inner-city Black children. ‘Sesame Street’ Was Always Political 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z I’m agnostic, yet I keep the Bible, the Quran and a book on Jewish literacy on my shelf. Tess Gerritsen Still Prefers to Read Books the Old-Fashioned Way, on Paper 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z For formerly enslaved Black people, who were previously prohibited by law from reading and writing, literacy was crucial to freedom. Welcome to Homecoming! 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z There is very little talk about readers, about promoting literacy in the city. Super library arrives as hundreds of others face closure 2011-02-06T20:13:20Z However, Grant said at the time that the NEA was already planning to shift towards showcasing more diverse books, as well as promoting year-round literacy initiatives. No, Joe Biden and schools didn't "cancel" Dr. Seuss – but the right wants you to think they did 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z LP:You write about the financial literacy movement, which, on first glance, looks like a helpful educational crusade. The personal finance industry can’t save us 2013-03-06T20:53:00Z It understands children and it understands their needs for screen literacy. Television that makes children smile is so valuable 2012-10-09T18:15:22Z A stronger version would have finally affirmed voting rights and prohibited restrictions like poll taxes or literacy tests. Why the Right to Vote Is Not a Right 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z “Acquiring literacy — writing, speaking in all circumstances, comprehension of all types of communication — takes a lot longer.” Perspective | A host of new apps can help travelers learn foreign languages — up to a point 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Pre-electronic media, pre-widespread literacy, cathedrals were intended as media experiences–the use of space, sculpture, and stained glass were conceived as interfaces with the divine. The Papal Announcement: For a Day, (Very) Old Media Triumph 2013-03-14T12:23:31Z The influence of patron saints dedicated to literacy – reading and writing – continued long after the Middle Ages. The 5,000-year history of writer’s block 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z He believed in literacy and the written word – the king who ended the Dark Ages. Thinking man's treasure: the Alfred Jewel that signalled the end of the Dark Ages 2012-08-06T10:59:43Z She worked with an anti-sex-trafficking nonprofit group, and he with a literacy organization. Shaina Watrous, Joseph Barrett 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z There was a close call with another song, “I Will Always Love You,” for which rights were eventually obtained in exchange for a $5,000 donation to Dolly Parton’s literacy charity. Film: Indie Filmmaker?s Seat-of-the-Pants Solutions 2011-02-12T06:33:51Z The PEN/Faulkner Foundation is giving Winfrey its inaugural Literary Champion award, a lifetime achievement prize for contributions to literacy and for inspiring younger readers and writers. Oprah Winfrey to receive honorary PEN/Faulkner award 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Calls to literacy come in many forms, most of them smug and self-defeating. ‘Carsick,’ a Hitchhiking Memoir by John Waters 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Recently I practiced my own essential financial literacy skills by acquiring a set of images of Qai Qai dancing in a tutu. Does a Toddler Need an NFT? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z News literacy organizations deserve more support than ever. Fake news is sickening. But don’t make the cure worse than the disease. 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z I believe I have added a contribution to graphic design with credibility-based logo design theory as visual literacy. Would you buy a logo from this man? 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z It is not too much of a jump to predict that with the following cuts, literacy levels will fall, unemployment will increase, health and wellbeing levels will drop and social breakdown will be more apparent. Doncaster library cuts are cultural vandalism 2010-08-18T11:06:00Z Travel literacy falls into two broad categories: understanding how the travel industry works, with its often-arcane rules and restrictions; and being aware of other cultures and customs. How to improve your travel literacy | Travel Wise 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Because to have financial literacy, to understand the economics of being a black person in America, you really do have to do your homework. From hood films to a "The Banker," Nia Long wants to change the narrative for black dreams 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z This Sunday’s theme is literacy, with adventures in storytelling as well as art. Music, Theater and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z What Ms. Dunn lacks in financial literacy she makes up for in charm and candor, and she coaxes her guests into trampling the taboos around money until they get to something real. The Best New Podcasts of 2016 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z It’s understanding media literacy 101, it’s legislating responsibility for massive platforms of information, Facebook first among them. After Truth: how ordinary people are 'radicalized' by fake news 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z But “Born Yesterday” wasn’t chosen just for its charm and laffs, though it’s still funny as naive Billie hits the books and spouts malapropisms about literacy and government. Review | The moralizing 1946 comedy ‘Born Yesterday’ is not dead yet 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z East Side created a reading program that dramatically increased students’ literacy skills. National Book Festival in Washington breaks attendance and sales records 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z While literacy levels are hard to establish, by the 1870s, most of the working class could read well enough to read a newspaper. Penny dreadfuls were the true crime podcasts of their time 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The way forward is not some literacy test for jurors. Should jurors have to take a test? 2013-02-23T18:00:01Z In columns last year mentioning Mike Bloomberg and AT&T, Friedman noted that both had donated to Planet Word, a literacy museum in Washington founded and headed by his wife. Thomas Friedman’s columns prompt a different kind of ethical question for the New York Times 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z It has a low literacy rate and is “one of the most violent countries in the world.” Books of The Times: Paradise Is Only Half the Story in a Complex Caribbean Nation 2011-04-14T21:52:13Z As Denise writes in her author’s note, Belpré’s life is a “testament to the power of our own stories to build bridges — not just to literacy, but to social change.” Picture Book Biographies of Women Who Made History 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Guernsey interpreted recent research on childhood literacy for Time magazine, and found that parents interact differently with children over an e-reader than over a physical book. Motherlode Blog: Why Books Are Better than e-Books for Children 2011-12-28T16:43:33Z The best place to put your lending services, language courses and computer literacy classes is not in pubs or supermarkets, but in the massively under-utilised buildings of our schools. Germaine Greer: Reading rooms are an oasis 2010-09-05T21:29:00Z On the other hand, Anchorage, AK is ranked 5th in median family income and only 61st in literacy.” Which city is more literate — Seattle or D.C.? 2013-02-16T23:51:42Z Then there is 28-year-old Bo Burnham, who trained his eye on the generation below his in the recent Eighth Grade, with a social media literacy born of his own experience as a former YouTube star. Why millennial stories are saving Hollywood 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z I am thrilled to announce that this year, the actor and literacy advocate LeVar Burton is supporting and endorsing the “book on every bed” tradition. Perspective | Ask Amy: It’s time to put ‘a book on every bed’ 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Dear Amy: Thank you for your literacy campaign, promoting the idea of giving books to children at Christmastime. Perspective | Ask Amy: DNA reveals half-sibling, but Dad doesn’t want to know 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Q: Which is higher in Guatemala, the literacy rate or average life expectancy? Geography quiz: Which is higher in Guatemala, the literacy rate or life expectancy? 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The appealingly sweet contestant wound up winning the season as much for her pop-cultural literacy as for the clever high gloss she brought to her costume concepts and presentations. | Jinkx Monsoon’s Joyfully Cracked Ode to Vaudeville 2013-07-17T22:20:27Z There are so many forces at work, the loss of media literacy, and issues related to education that have nothing to do with journalism. In the PBS doc "Storm Lake," a tiny Iowa paper fights for the future of high-quality local news 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Lynn, the East Ender who said she was going to work in Woolworth’s, devoted her life to family and to literacy, working with kids, some with special needs, at libraries. “63 Up” and the Child in All of Us 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Beyond costs, structural barriers include inadequate language interpretation services and the assumption of health literacy when conveying information. A doctor’s dilemma: How do we treat the patients we don’t see? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z In truth the last thing Bernstein and his wife, Lisa, a literacy consultant for the education-resource site learnzillion.com, wanted to do was get bogged down wrestling with local ordinances. Leroy Street Studio Devises A Modern Cape Cod Retreat 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z For the moment, however, “the current study provides real-world evidence to address past media concerns that textism use is somehow damaging English literacy.” Study: Texting doesn’t erode your writing skills :) 2014-01-16T13:15:00Z Stevens also shared his doubts about Shakespeare’s literacy: the six surviving signatures of Shakespeare, affixed to legal documents, are each spelled differently. An Unexpected Letter from John Paul Stevens, Shakespeare Skeptic 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z I now realize that literacy is so much more than the ability to read and write at the functional level that our country’s education system strives toward as its universal goal. Motherlode Blog: Can a Daughter With Dyslexia Learn to Love Words? 2012-06-12T14:26:38Z “This region is a hotbed of software development, and the level of computer literacy is high.” Work Advice: No, temp agencies do not exist to find you a job 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z The new budget proposes about $4 billion in cuts to programs like literacy for students with disabilities and limited English proficiency, class-size reduction, and after-school and summer programs. Trump budget would abandon public education for private choice 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z “We purchased ‘The Banker’ earlier this year as we were moved by the film’s entertaining and educational story about social change and financial literacy,” Apple said in a statement. Apple cancels premiere of film 'The Banker' after unspecified 'concerns' 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z In the white paper about participatory cultures that I mention above, Jenkins and colleagues address the challenges of this culture as one of media literacy. Hashtags And Harassment: Is Participatory Culture In Trouble? 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z The cultural center plans to exhibit the history of video games and encourage a future of computer science literacy. Walkabout: More Travel Warnings in Kenya; Luring Tourists to Appalachia 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z According to Edlynn, this exercise is an important step in “developing emotional literacy, or the idea of being able to recognize and name a variety of emotions.” Perspective | How (and why) to start a journaling practice with kids 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z "It's a blow for literacy and the end of a fine Victorian tradition." Brought to book 2012-05-16T19:48:15Z In the 1980s, Barbara Bush's tree represented characters from children's books, tying into her personal literacy work. There's no comfort & joy in Melania Trump's bleak and impersonal Christmas decor 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Renaissance Learning says the fact that children are reading books which are quite challenging for their age group suggests films, computer games and branded products linked with books might be boosting literacy. Movies and JK Rowling top book list 2014-01-16T07:38:15Z I’ve been invited to talk on panels about ‘new literacies’, and certainly literacy is quite different from ‘literariness’, because people are just reading in different ways online. After e-literature, there’s no going back 2012-10-29T11:30:00Z She also helped to raise millions toward literacy and other causes important to her and her friends. Liz Smith, Longtime Queen of Tabloid Gossip Columns, Dies at 94 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z If I was going to send my daughter to school, shouldn’t I want her to be guided in literacy and numerals? Motherlode Blog: Can an Insecure Parent Raise a Secure Child? 2014-02-18T15:16:23Z Other laws, such as literacy tests, poll taxes, segregation and anti-miscegenation statutes followed, and not just in southern states, by the way. A leap for women’s rights: The Texas abortion case and the end of reproductive Jim Crow laws 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Akpan also talks about financial literacy and financial planning for kids on her blog, The Mom Trotter. Mom moves family into an RV to help pay debt, travel full-time: ‘Life is too short’ 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Children's Day/Book Day: Music, activities celebration of children and the importance of literacy for all cultural backgrounds, sponsored by King County Library, 1 p.m. Community Corner: YMCA Healthy Kids Day, sheep shearing 2012-04-27T19:17:04Z Help your infant’s future literacy and reminisce about your own childhood, all in one place. Read to Your Baby, Say Doctors — But Which Books? 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Instead, Reynolds recommends books written in a “natural tongue,” in comparative literature and the use of nontraditional materials — comic books and rap music, for example — “as a catalyst for literacy.” How a kid who didn’t read a book until he was 17 grew up to become a literary star 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The list was just published by Beginning With Books, a Pittsburgh literacy organization that is the only group in the country to focus solely on spotlighting the best books for the youngest readers. 'Best Books for Babies' releases 2010 list 2010-04-09T23:02:00Z Today's community-focused public libraries support their residents and patrons with services that go beyond book borrowing, of course — those include literacy programs, computer access, and other related services and projects. Citing omicron, some libraries curtail their hours and curb some services again 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z “Wages, health care, work hours and kitchen literacy are just as critical to changing our diets as the agriculture we practice or the places at which we shop.” Books of The Times: Tracie McMillan Writes ?The American Way of Eating? 2012-02-20T22:14:42Z He faces other openly eager would-be hosts — including NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers — but the actor, director and education and literacy advocate sees himself as a solid match for a game show that rewards knowledge. LeVar Burton: ‘Jeopardy!’ host gig began ‘scary,’ ended fun 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z In your view, what is the biggest challenge you're encountering, not just anchors, but as professional journalists, in terms of negotiating public's level media literacy right now? "PBS NewsHour" co-hosts report facts in an era of distrust: "There's an assumption of bias in media" 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z It holds art exhibitions, theatrical performances, cultural discussions, and financial literacy and homeownership workshops — a hive of activity that has moved online during the pandemic. How Weeksville, a Center of Black History, Fought to Survive 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z The Republican Party, which tried to use a literacy test to block immigrants from entering the country, embraced Black emancipation. Are We More Divided Now Than Ever Before? 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Like the television series, it helps teach preschoolers literacy and social skills with fairytale characters who are much like contemporary children. Spare Times for Children for April 26-May 2 2013-04-25T22:27:06Z However, maybe you are not formally trained in literacy? Daniel Kaluuya Isn’t Waiting for Your Approval 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Williams describes the thrilling transformation in 18th-century England when literacy rates rose, publishing blossomed, and people gathered to hear books and articles read to them. Perspective | The pleasure of reading books aloud: It’s not just for kids. 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z The public lending library is a recent invention, a response to the spread of literacy to the working classes who had neither money to buy books nor space to store them. Germaine Greer: Reading rooms are an oasis 2010-09-05T21:29:00Z And comics give young readers training in visual literacy — helping them read and interpret images — an essential skill in our highly visual world. Perspective | Don’t be afraid to let children read graphic novels. They’re real books. 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Maybe more important here is sexual literacy — the ability to confidently fantasize and explore. Perhaps it isn’t parity but rather a lack of sexual imagination that is to blame. The truth about sex and equality 2014-02-09T01:00:00Z Some of them were black Virginians who worked hard to attain literacy and economic mobility in a nation that continually excluded them from the body politic. An open letter to Justice Scalia 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Why is financial literacy being promoted when we know it doesn’t do much at all for consumers? The personal finance industry can’t save us 2013-03-06T20:53:00Z Aural literacy, he thinks, is still in its infancy. Walter Murch: searching for the sound of the God particle 2013-06-20T16:00:02Z We take literacy for granted today, but what Daniel is doing is a small act of resistance in the late 1850s, when America was on the verge of Civil War. John Legend’s Resistance TV: Season 2 of “Underground” is our reminder that freedom isn’t free 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z A basic literacy in science should be essential to not only being well-read as such, but to any education of our children and of ourselves as a society. Is the Cox Effect a good thing? 2013-01-14T09:15:44Z Roberts told The Associated Press she would donate any damages from the suit to a non-profit literacy program in Brazil. Nora Roberts sues Brazilian author, cites ‘multi-plagiarism’ 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z They flack soft nonpartisan causes, like literacy or conservation. Dear Bill Clinton: Yes, first lady is a weird job. Here’s why you’d be great at it. 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z And it says much for Hill the novelist that the challenge of the list and the skilful literacy of the surrounding essays linger persuasively for what they tell us about the quality of good writing. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z And a collection of garden-enhancing outdoor sculptures, on the theme of literature and literacy, is even more evident in fall. Three stunning gardens that will change the way you think about fall 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Camilla supports a number of organisations which promote literacy, including the National Literacy Trust. Camilla to present Booker Prize 2013-10-04T13:50:57Z But the figure “certainly represents the idea of what she meant — women and literacy, over successive generations.” In Search of Enheduanna, History’s First Named Author 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Travel literacy falls into two broad categories: understanding how the travel industry works, with its often arcane rules and restrictions; and being aware of other cultures and customs. Perspective | Want to improve your ‘travel literacy’? Here’s how. 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The bride's mother retired as a literacy instructor at Public School 316 in Brooklyn. Ilana Glusband, Isaac Gruber 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z A lot of people don't understand how poor literacy is in our country. Storytelling: how reading aloud is back in fashion 2013-01-06T00:08:26Z Plant seeds: understanding seed packet instructions and carrying them out covers almost every area of the curriculum, from literacy and comprehension to measuring distances between seeds and counting, fine motor skills and sensory benefits. 'What I got wrong was trying to be a teacher': how to last the distance at home schooling 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z She graduated from the University of Richmond and received a literacy specialist master’s degree from Columbia. Elizabeth Petkanics, Andrew Van Tassel 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z He also serves on the New York-based junior board of directors of Literacy, a nonprofit organization that seeks to develop literacy in high-need neighborhoods, and the young alumni board of directors of Boston University. Roshini Kuriakose, Jimson Mullakary 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z And now there’s the Morgan exhibition, which celebrates her singularity while also embedding her in a deep history of women, literacy and power stretching back nearly to the ancient Mesopotamian origins of writing itself. In Search of Enheduanna, History’s First Named Author 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Aside from being taught financial literacy, Aiden is also homeschooled, which makes it possible for the family to travel full-time, both around the country and internationally. Mom moves family into an RV to help pay debt, travel full-time: ‘Life is too short’ 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Seventh in literacy, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy. Rewind TV: The Newsroom; Twenty Twelve; Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies; Volcano Live – review 2012-07-14T23:06:06Z Click here to watch Because the Night Her music combines the head and the heart: the intellectual literacy and visions of the poets with the raw, burning heart of rock'n'roll. Patti Smith: how she rocks our world 2012-05-26T23:15:26Z The F.C.C. is considering creating a “digital literacy corps” to teach productive uses of the computer and Internet to students, parents and job seekers. Motherlode Blog: Digital Literacy Includes Learning to Unplug 2012-05-30T15:11:12Z Those norms broke down as American food literacy exploded in the 1990s, with the rise of cable food networks and foodie blogs. Thanks for Not Sharing! My Fine Dining Isn’t Your Fork Orgy 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Long a proponent of adult literacy, women’s rights and racial harmony, the artist is a respected advocate in Bolivia. Throwbacks: Summer reissues of strange surf music, gay proto-punk, 'Robocop' and more Trump will spend a second day in Ghana before heading to Malawi, where she is expected to focus on children’s literacy. Melania Trump begins tour of Africa in Ghana amid questions and criticism 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The experts called for schools to promote health and nutrition literacy and physical activity and said provision and sale of sugary drinks and unhealthy foods should be banned from the school environment. Childhood obesity 'an exploding nightmare', says health expert 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z So let’s talk about the second part of travel literacy, which is looking more like a citizen of the world than someone who’s never crossed a county line. Perspective | Want to improve your ‘travel literacy’? Here’s how. 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Salon digs into the story of Michele's literacy rumors, and why not everyone in the packed audience may have been hoping for her continued Broadway success. "Funny Girl" gives Lea Michele a stage to poke fun at those literacy rumors 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z All her digital experiments, the author said, are attempts to answer the same question: "how do we encourage literacy in this world?" Margaret Atwood joins story-sharing website Wattpad 2012-06-25T17:00:01Z Robinson said her daughter laughed in the car to “Pants on Fire,” a media literacy game show about misinformation in which children have to decide which seemingly honest “expert” is telling the truth. A Podcast Playlist to Help Distract You (for the Most Part) 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Its proper use is a hallmark of literacy. Comma Queen: The Semicolon; or, Mastering the Giant Comma 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z In its first year, it surpassed its initial goal for math literacy by helping 2-year-olds count to 20. We’ve found the worst hot take on defunding PBS: “Watch cable instead!” 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z It’s things like the invention of printing and the resultant rise of literacy, the empowerment of women and the rise of universal moral and ethical principles. Is it impossible to trust one another in the information age? 2013-01-21T12:45:00Z They have sold more than 6,000 books and donated over 7,000 with the help of organizations such as Lit World, a nonprofit dedicated to achieving global literacy. In Wayétu Moore’s Ambitious Debut Novel, Liberia Is Reborn 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z For older kids, the Super Ad Bowl offers a perfect media literacy opportunity. Motherlode Blog: Sex! Beer! Blood! It's Time for Super Bowl Ad Bingo 2013-01-30T17:58:41Z The workshop for teen moms is a twist on traditional literacy classes offered at public libraries. She’s a children’s librarian, but you might be surprised where her job takes her 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Washington is the right setting for highlighting the connection between literacy and democracy, she added. The latest word on Planet Word: Downtown D.C.’s language museum is set to open in May 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Hands-on literacy activities, crafts and authors/illustrator presentations are scheduled throughout the day. 9 best family-friendly arts and entertainment events in the Seattle area to take kids to in fall 2019 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z At the same time, they also rewrote the foundation’s bylaws, expanding its mission to support not just the public library, but also “literacy and community organizations.” In New Orleans, scandal tarnishes a jazz star and the libraries he was asked to help 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The 19-year-old is a sophomore at Harvard University and started a youth literacy group called One Pen One Page. Robert Wilson Puts on a Show 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z These policy choices ensure that prisoners, the majority of whom have very low literacy levels, are going to remain that way.” Battling censorship behind bars 2013-05-07T13:00:00Z Though Ms. Rushdie worked in Karachi, Pakistan, as a lawyer for a few years after college, she soon shifted to working in adult literacy in London, teaching people to read and write. A Classic Indian Cookbook Returns, This Time for Americans 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z She did not return to her literacy classes. Despite my mama’s secret shame, she was the smartest person I knew 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Muto was sentenced to 10 days of court-ordered community service and 200 hours of private service that he will fulfill by working with a literacy organization in Brooklyn. Fox News 'mole' resurfaces with book 2013-06-03T14:02:08Z India's literacy rate grew to 74 percent in the decade to 2011, according to the latest census, but female literacy continued to lag the rate for males by a wide margin. Opening a new chapter at India's 'grandmothers' school' 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Less than a year into the literacy classes, something changed. Despite my mama’s secret shame, she was the smartest person I knew 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The conservative author has urged America to bring back literacy tests and poll taxes for voters, referred to Muslims with a racist slur, and has suggested that soccer brings about "moral decay." Now Ann Coulter likes Donald Trump so much she's writing a book, 'In Trump We Trust' 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z She advocates for a gendered lens to digital media literacy for young people and she asks us, individually and as a culture, to believe women when they come forward with reports of harassment and violence. Ashley Judd on How to Put an End to Online Gender Violence 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z In 2015, she set up an “Institute of Artivism” in her Havana home, holding workshops to “foster civic literacy and policy change.” Cuban artists plan to stage alternative Havana biennial 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The event is meant to honor authors and encourage literacy. Happy World Book Day! What’s World Book Day? 2013-03-07T17:32:42Z Briley called her one of “Tennessee’s greatest education and literacy advocates.” Aug. 5 declared Dolly Parton Day in Nashville, Tennessee 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z She added that Mr. Abraham-Joseph is “actively working in the community leading programs to help underprivileged youths in financial literacy.” Rapper 21 Savage Is Taken Into Custody by ICE, Officials Say 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z With and without literacy, the brain is the same basic organ, with the same shape and chemistry, but a reading brain is different in ways that count. Real Worlds, Possible Worlds and Fantasy Worlds 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Among the nation’s worst for diabetes, obesity, infant mortality, literacy and the mother of all problems, poverty. The battle for Alabama’s soul 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z That said, if our musical literacy is truly at an all-time high, why have so many calcified jazz ideas refused to die? Review | How the Internet transformed contemporary jazz 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z A survey by the Northwestern Mutual Foundation, conducted on its financial literacy site, themint.org, finds that today’s parents are “incredibly lenient” about handing their children “extra money.” Motherlode: Are You Your Child's ATM? 2011-03-31T15:38:37Z Miss South Carolina took that crown with her 2007 "such as"-filled response to a question about geographical literacy. Miss Utah latest beauty queen to botch answer 2013-06-17T20:48:13Z But in drilling down so obsessively on what a movie’s about — rather than how and why it does what it does — our annual awards-season “conversation” does a grave disservice to cinematic literacy. After 100 years, we still don’t know how to actually watch a movie 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z He is an outspoken champion of the written word and is fearless about voicing a special loathing for social media’s reduction of literacy to tweets and text messages. Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche Star in ‘Words and Pictures’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z We're way low on literacy and health care, way low, right? How Michael K. Williams brought Omar and Leonard to life: “We’re all just one big mess undern... 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z SAT Speakers, cooking demonstrations, local chefs celebrating food activism, food education and food literacy, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z It would be better for our national literacy, our local advocacy, our general civility and the future etiquette of our children. Review: Sebastian Junger’s ‘Tribe’ Examines Disbanded Brothers Returning to a Divided Country 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z “We’re living in a time where there needs to be real literacy in terms of data and technology and our relationship to it.” With ‘Shadow Stalker,’ Lynn Hershman Leeson Tackles Internet Surveillance 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z “I don’t think we could’ve made this movie even five years ago, because there was like the collective vocabulary of the public wasn’t there when it came to our computer literacy,” Cho said. John Cho sees the future of film in “Searching” and its colorblind casting 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z After his win, Tubbs worked to make Stockton somewhat of an incubator city, experimenting with progressive policies aimed at reversing its poverty, violent crime and low literacy rates. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Last Chance U’ and ‘Stockton on My Mind’ 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z My mother’s long-ago embrace of Jethro Tull inspired me to understand that cultural literacy is enhanced when generations listen together — and talk about what they are hearing. Perspective | Ask Amy: Parents struggle to connect with son’s new wife and child 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The center would offer “one-stop shopping” for a variety of services that help strengthen low-income communities in areas including financial literacy, mental and physical health and navigating the justice system. Building Public Places for a Covid World 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z If you like overstuffed costume dramas with a veneer of literacy layered over debauchery, latch on. Review: ‘Will’ Serves Up a Very 21st-Century Shakespeare 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Together, they promote gender equality and emphasize the importance of education in a conservative nation where women's rights are abysmal and women's literacy rates are astoundingly low. 16 Muppets who moved to “Sesame Street," from Ji-Young to Abby Cadabby 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z In it, he explains some of the barriers to understanding, lays out the case for financial literacy and then provides an essential glossary of terms for those who would like to achieve this happy state. John Lanchester’s ‘How to Speak Money’ 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z In some corners of the Old Country literacy itself had been a privilege, and it remained one in the antebellum South. Democracy’s Fierce Defender 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z This year I am partnering with Children’s Reading Connection, a national early literacy initiative founded in my hometown of Ithaca, N.Y. Perspective | Ask Amy: It’s time to put ‘a book on every bed’ 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z In just five decades, Saudi girls went from not knowing how to read or write to a 97 percent literacy rate, according to UNICEF. Saudi TV Just Got a Lot More Feminist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z She likes the idea of spreading literacy one book at a time, even in today's avalanche of Kindles, Nooks and other e-readers. Books: If you love a book, let it go 2011-09-21T17:04:04Z Many early readers excel at one component but have not figured out how to put all of literacy’s loose parts together. Beyond the summer book list: How to cultivate a childhood reading habitat 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z He arrived in America to find that literature and literacy were on the way out. 'America's top satirist' 2010-09-04T23:02:00Z "Opera helps with confidence-building, bonding, working as a team, music – obviously – and literacy, particularly among people for whom English is not their first language," she says. Fox pop: English Touring Opera gives Roald Dahl back to the kids 2011-02-17T22:26:00Z DAG A literacy test is not an answer to the concerns that you identify. Should jurors have to take a test? 2013-02-23T18:00:01Z That study addressed researchers’ concern that current school-based nutrition education for teens is less focused on media literacy, and more on making better food choices for future long-term health. Perspective | Is this the secret to getting teens to reject junk food? 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The principle of free speech developed historically after the advent of the printing press, newspapers and, significantly, mass literacy through mandatory public education. Why "free speech" needs a new definition in the age of the internet and Trumpist tweets 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z LeVar Burton has been hired as host of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, giving the competition a celebrity headliner who’s also a longtime literacy advocate as Scripps takes over production of the bee telecast. LeVar Burton joins Scripps National Spelling Bee as host 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Other programs include stargazing in Brooklyn Bridge Park and a talk hosted by the actor and science literacy advocate Alan Alda. Oliver Sacks to Be Honored at World Science Festival 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z However, while one study "proves" the disastrous impact on, say, boys' emotional literacy, another urges proportion. Children should learn about relationships as well as sex 2013-02-16T23:05:29Z If spoken and written language can horse-race from the same starting gate on the same learning track, then early literacy needn’t rely as much on parental vocabulary, motivation, or time on task. Can babies read? 2012-09-12T16:08:00Z Her literacy, while not forbidden, is viewed as eccentric. ‘River of Stars’: A sweeping saga of a swordsman and a poetess 2013-04-18T21:17:46Z Included are patchwork quilts, woven bags and note cards; proceeds will benefit literacy and other programs for the craftswomen, sponsored in Egypt by the Association for the Protection of the Environment. Spare Times for Dec. 2-8 2011-12-01T22:14:03Z With cries of “fake news” coming from all sides, schools are stepping up — teaching media literacy to help students distinguish rumor from fact, hoax from reality. Perspective | Five ways President Trump can become media literate 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z According to a recent study of 26,000 Chicago schoolchildren conducted by the University of Chicago, early literacy has a direct bearing on success later in life. Ask Amy: This year, put a ‘Book on Every Bed’ 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z During the pandemic lockdowns, games were not only spaces for everyday creativity and informal literacy, but a way to socialize and keep fit — both mentally and physically. How we can use gaming to support positive aging (and support our relationships with our pets, too) 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Later that night, Mama showed off her literacy books. Despite my mama’s secret shame, she was the smartest person I knew 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Increased food literacy — which includes gaining a deeper understanding of the labor behind our food — is a valuable goal, as well. Impasta! How the Barilla "pasta fraud" allegations illustrate America's food illiteracy 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z It was an age in which literacy was not just the preserve of the officer class. A near-run thing 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The teacher went about her day as normal until she received a text message from her boss asking for her help with a literacy program, Yahoo Lifestyle reports. Teacher’s boyfriend plans surprise proposal with students’ help 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Poll taxes, literacy tests and other sorts of “legalistic voodoo,” Mr. Watson writes, kept them out of voting booths. Books of The Times: Bruce Watson?s ?Freedom Summer? in Mississippi 2010-07-18T21:55:00Z The publication of “My Uncle Napoleon” came in the early 1970s, as literacy rates raced upward along with global oil prices, fueling the shah’s modernization efforts in the country. Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z The show, like its United States counterpart, aims to use entertainment to set an example for children on issues like obesity and literacy. Arabic 'Sesame Street' Returns for First Time Since Gulf War 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z “I’m really grateful I grew up in a house in which media literacy was a survival skill,” she said, drawing careful giggles from the small crowd at New York’s Core Club. Chelsea Clinton, Living Up to the Family Name 2011-12-03T23:32:03Z Bennett: When it comes to media literacy – and this isn't specific to the "NewsHour" audience, this is just what I've encountered overall – is that people don't understand how sourced stories come together. "PBS NewsHour" co-hosts report facts in an era of distrust: "There's an assumption of bias in media" 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z I like the relative literacy of at least some of England. Andrew Solomon: 'I'm one of five parents with four children in three states' 2013-02-16T15:00:01Z In his second year as principal, 95 percent of students hit their language and literacy goals, and 91 percent reached their math targets. The Post’s 2016 Principal of the Year: ‘A teacher first, and a principal second’ 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z That same media literacy enables them to be critical viewers, unpacking what they see in the movies and understanding the need for political and legislative change in real life. Will the Stoneman Douglas generation finally call BS on cliched movie gun violence? 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “Reading in the traditional open-ended sense is not what most of us, whatever our age and level of computer literacy, do on the Internet,” the scholar Susan Jacoby writes in “The Age of American Unreason.” Arts & Leisure Preview: Reading and the Web: Texts Without Context 2010-03-17T23:19:00Z They complimented him on his presentation as a “calm individual with reasoned thoughts and mature disposition.” The board noted his upgraded education — a GED and vocational courses in upholstery, silk screening and computer literacy. Incarceration nation: What it’s really like when a prison lifer gets a new shot at life 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z One of our most important misunderstandings involves our neglect of oral language as an essential fuel — the essential fuel, according to most experts — for early literacy development. Beyond the summer book list: How to cultivate a childhood reading habitat 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z While other such institutions often emphasize science, literacy and creative play, this one focuses almost exclusively on making art: not just drawings and sculpture, but also sound art and stop-motion animation. Children?s Museum of the Arts Reopens in New Space 2011-10-20T20:31:45Z When Charles Dickens began writing his first novel—in 1836, the year before Victoria took the throne—the literacy rate in England was less than 50 percent. Why to Read Dickens Now (Or Watch Him on TV) 2012-01-26T19:39:00Z He rides his bike, he kayaks, he hikes, he plays trombone in a band, he’s learning Italian, he’s teaching literacy. The Dog Days of Michaela Watkins 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Totalitarian communist dictatorships, with their high levels of literacy and low levels of freedom, are ideal. Lost literature: the unknown unknowns 2010-04-07T12:46:00Z Writing cards and letters is motivating and fosters a sense of relationship, connection and well-being through literacy. Handwritten valentines create a legacy of love and literacy 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z I can’t help but become emotional when I revisit these memories — how something as basic as literacy made the difference between feeling at home and feeling like an unwanted foreigner. Rigoberto González grew up in a family of immigrant farmerworkers. Now he writes award-winning books. 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z In the early days of the republic, lacking international copyright treaties, the US government encouraged pirating of British literary classics in order to promote literacy. Is piracy a radical force? 2012-09-03T14:30:00Z So when the Girl Scout wanted to earn her Bronze Award in fifth grade, she and her friends decided to teach other elementary school students about financial literacy, or money matters. D.C. Scout is invested in her community 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z “It becomes critical in a cultural literacy way for this generation to understand what happened on 9/11 happened to people just like them.” Museums for tragedies like 9/11 face a new challenge: Visitors too young to remember 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z For the viewing public, the controversy surrounding “An American Family” doubled as a crash course in media literacy. Television: Reality-TV Originals, in Drama?s Lens 2011-04-17T04:00:04Z Burton, a longtime champion of reading, marveled that he and Winfrey, both descended from enslaved people, could become “symbols for literacy, literature and the written word.” Justin Torres and Ned Blackhawk are among the winners of National Book Awards 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Along with housing, the VEO offers classes about financial literacy, securing VA benefits and how to get on a path toward employment and housing independence. Nonprofits making progress in tackling homelessness among veterans, but challenges remain 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z White leaders of both parties used numerous tactics over several decades to suppress the Black vote, from poll taxes to literacy tests. Mississippi has a history of voter suppression. Many see signs of change as Black voters reengage 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z The movement, fueled by longstanding research, has sought to oust “balanced literacy,” which is meant to give teachers flexibility to meet students’ needs while promoting a love of reading. Ohio Lawsuit Punches Back in Battle Over How to Teach Reading 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Now in second grade, the literacy rates for those same children are soaring. Idaho left early education up to families. One town set out to get universal preschool anyway 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z A new Washington law that rolled out in 2022 requires school districts to screen children in grades K-2 for foundational literacy skills. Five seismic changes to education in Washington over the past decade 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Wednesday’s scheduled 30-minute event, which organizers said was intended to promote youth literacy, never took place. Protesters blockade San Fernando Library, shut down drag queen story event 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Grouping English learners together in classrooms, a longstanding practice in schools, has no impact -- positive or negative -- on reading development for elementary school students, shows a new study by a team of literacy education researchers. Grouping English learners in classrooms yields no benefit in reading development, new study finds 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The Literature Production Center at the Wadeye community school works with locals to produce bilingual curriculum materials to support children's Murrinhpatha literacy as much as their English literacy. Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language Shows 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z She founded the Angel C. Reese Foundation with the goal of empowering women and promoting financial literacy. LSU star Angel Reese ready for on-court encore amid surging wealth and fame 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z “The Right to Read,” the 2023 documentary on which he served as executive producer, frames literacy as a civil rights issue. LeVar Burton will replace Drew Barrymore as host of 74th National Book Awards 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z However, the report also said: "As a result of well-planned, engaging teaching, many pupils develop their subject understanding and literacy skills appropriately across the curriculum. A few pupils make strong progress." Schools in Wales not addressing grammar issues - report 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Shadow education secretary Bridget Philipson will say in a speech that children as young as four should learn financial literacy - including budgeting and currency exchange rates. Teach primary pupils real world maths - Labour 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The equity consideration has been a driving force behind the financial literacy course at Capital City Public Charter School, which serves a student body that is 64% Latino and 25% Black. Dollars and sense: Can financial literacy help students learn math? 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z In this region — which has some of the country’s lowest female literacy rates, where early marriages are common and where violence against women is the norm — the station is the voice of change. How a Radio Station Is Empowering Women in a Rural Heartland 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Some were widely used, such as literacy app Smarty Ants for young students. Schools’ pandemic spending boosted tech companies. Did it help US students? 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z The idea was to promote literacy by forcing kids to read subtitled films. Edward James Olmos is teaching young Latinos how to succeed in Hollywood — and life 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z They must design climate literacy programs for drug users, build a housing policy that considers climate change’s impact and make harm reduction programs more widely available. Climate Disruptions Are Especially Dangerous for the Opioid Epidemic 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z “The more math you add to financial literacy, frankly, the better it is,” says Annamaria Lusardi, founder and academic director of the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center. Dollars and sense: Can financial literacy help students learn math? 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Books, literacy and freedom of expression are under assault as never before. How the nation's most famous newspaper editor took on Trump and his own reporters 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z But a study of a ThinkCERCA literacy program found it had no impact on scores. Schools’ pandemic spending boosted tech companies. Did it help US students? 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Before the switch, SPS used a method called balanced literacy, which places a greater emphasis on teaching children to recognize whole words, said Luke Justice, project manager of continuous improvement in early literacy. Can Seattle close literacy gaps for kids of color with science of reading? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z To get ahead of the collision course, it’s essential for public health authorities to first build greater climate change literacy among drug users. Climate Disruptions Are Especially Dangerous for the Opioid Epidemic 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z “In many cases, to make a decision, you have to do calculations, so I think math is a very powerful tool. … Having said that, financial literacy is more than math.” Dollars and sense: Can financial literacy help students learn math? 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Here’s how to support the Los Angeles Times Community Fund and the newspaper’s literary and literacy programs. How the nation's most famous newspaper editor took on Trump and his own reporters 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z “Republicans will present a contrast to California’s crises. Plagued with rising prices, out-of-control crime, a growing homeless population, and a literacy crisis, California has proven to be a failed Democrat experiment,” the report said. California under scrutiny as GOP candidates gather for debate 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z It’s crucial for kindergartners to have a solid foundation of literacy, Jackson said. Can Seattle close literacy gaps for kids of color with science of reading? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z For example, in May 2022, Lucy Calkins, an education professor and leading advocate of balanced literacy, announced a major retreat. Two-Thirds of American Kids Can’t Read Fluently 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Idaho is one of the states where a new financial literacy curriculum is hitting classrooms. Dollars and sense: Can financial literacy help students learn math? 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The concepts of civic literacy and engaged citizenship are not commonly discussed among the news media and general public. Americans can't make the grade on civics, according to a shocking new poll 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Whether families read together about dinosaurs or superheroes, literacy experts say any effort will benefit a child. Literacy experts urge parents to read with kids to make up for COVID losses 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Six years ago the district adopted a reading curriculum from the Center for the Collaborative Classroom, a literacy nonprofit. Can Seattle close literacy gaps for kids of color with science of reading? 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z As a psychologist specializing in childhood literacy, I have spent much of my career working to develop those systems. Two-Thirds of American Kids Can’t Read Fluently 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z In 2020, marine ecologist Tiara Moore, Ph.D., created Black in Marine Science, which now has over 300 members in 27 countries, to amplify the voices of Black marine scientists and improve ocean literacy for everyone. Meet Miss Toto, the drag queen serving up shark science in South Florida 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z |
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