Literacy:
Spanning the U.S.
Increased focus,
initiatives necessary to handle literacy issues
Eastern
Arizona Courier: 3.24.2015 by Razanne Chatila
TUCSON — Nelly
Valenzuela, wearing a white sports jacket and light blue jeans, walks into
class smiling as she holds a tray of cinnamon rolls with the knife carefully
placed on top to share with her fellow classmates.
Valenzuela, a Mexican
native, has become a regular attendee of the adult English language classes at
the Quince Douglas Public Library in
Tucson, where she has gained more than just literacy skills.
“They are my friends,”
Valenzuela said as she pointed to her fellow classmates.
Programs like these are
aiming to reduce illiteracy in Arizona, where approximately 4 percent of
Arizonans cannot communicate effectively in English and about 530,000 adults
read no better than an average fifth-grader, according to Literacy Connects.
Betty Stauffer,
Literacy Connects’ executive director, said that Literacy Connects is the
community organization to improve literacy skills for all ages.
“It just raises the
well-being of a community to have people more literate and educated,” Stauffer
said. READ
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Literacy Advocate
Relates Struggle to Read
The
Pilot: 4.17.2015 by John Lentz
One man’s incredible
fight to overcome illiteracy as an adult was told in a mix of both humor and
sadness at a recent event held at the Pinehurst Country Club.
John Corcoran, of San
Diego, was the special guest of the Moore County Literacy Council at
a fundraiser held at the Pinehurst Member’s Club Thursday night. More than 160
supporters attended the event, which was designed to raise money for the
council’s ongoing adult basic education and English as a Second Language
programs.
Corcoran began the John Corcoran Foundation to
“facilitate the prevention and eradication of illiteracy in adults and chidden
across America.” He is the author of two books, “The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read”
and “Bridge to Literacy: No Child — Or Adult — Left Behind.”
Now 77, Corcoran is a
former business leader, a college graduate and a former high-school teacher who
managed to hide his inability to read and write for decades before “guilt”
drove him to begin literacy classes. READ
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Adult Literacy Advocates
WBRZ: 4.20.2015
BATON ROUGE- The Adult
Literacy Advocates of Greater Baton Rouge are fighting against illiteracy
in Louisiana. Chris Martin and Gary Robertson stopped by 2une In this morning
to tell us more about their Links for Literacy charity golf tournament coming
up next week at Copper Mill Golf Club.
ALA is a Capital Area United Way Agency that provides education programs
for adults in Baton Rouge. The group has been serving the community for over 40
years, offering services like one-on-one tutoring, small group instruction, and
many more.
The Links for Literacy golf tournament will be held on Monday, May 4th at
11 a.m. It will start with registration and warm-ups, and the shotgun start
will be at 12:30 p.m. Prizes will be given for longest drive, closest to the
pin, low gross score, and low net score.
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