Literacy: Spanning the U.S.
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Northwest Ohio Literacy Council trains new tutors
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Stations: 11.07.2018 by Katie Honigford
New volunteer tutors for the Northwest Ohio Literacy Council
received training Wednesday afternoon to start helping adults in the area.
"Within our community, we have about 13,000 adults
that are functionally illiterate that read at about a third grade level or
below. . . WATCH
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Finding the FUN: Why Ed Tutors
Seeds of Literacy: 11.04.2018
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From the Law to Leadership: Finding the fun in learning ~
Ed
Round is a tall man with a deep voice. He has an authoritative presence and is
fiercely passionate about what he does.
These
traits served him well in his legal career of more than thirty years. Half of
that time he worked for the federal government in the anti-trust division of
the U.S. Justice Department. The other half of his career was spent as an
administrative law judge, hearing disability cases on appeal.
When
he retired in January 2015, he saw an ad in the church bulletin about Seeds of Literacy. “I’ve always like teaching people stuff…maybe that would be fun!” he
said to himself at the time. The rest is history.
The
very traits that make Ed someone most people wouldn’t want to go up against in
court, are the same ones that make him a student favorite in the Seeds
classroom. They trust him.
Ed
finds himself tutoring Math the most, but if it were up to him, he’d tutor
Social Studies. Why? Because he believes it is harder than Math. “There’s only
one right answer in Math. Social Studies is more open for discussion and
comprehension. I’ve had some college-level discussions with Seeds students
about Social Studies!” READ MORE
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Prince Edward County Needs a Literacy Program
Southside Messenger: 11.08.2018 – Letter To The Editor
I want to restart basic literacy programming (Adult Basic
Education (ABE), English as a Second Language (ESOL), and Family Literacy
efforts spearheaded by the Tri-County Life Learners. I have spoken with various
community members who share my interest in restarting these programs, and am
interested in connecting with others who share my desire to make Prince Edward
County a literacy hub that serves the needs of our community.
The Tri-County Life Learners served Cumberland, Prince
Edward and Buckingham counties and was a part of the Southside Literacy Partners,
coordinated by the Charlotte
Adult learning Center. No other local group offers organized efforts to
promote basic literacy, and English as a Second Language instruction. READ MORE >>
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