Literacy: Spanning the US
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Otis Resident Among 16 Immigrants
Granted Citizenship
Berkshire
Edge: 9.22.2019 by Lenore Sundberg
Citizenship
and voting – hallmarks of our democracy — matter deeply to Otis resident
Viktoria Seavey, a native of Hungary, who became a naturalized U.S. citizen on
Friday, September 20, in a ceremony held at the Norman Rockwell Museum in
Stockbridge, Mass.
I
recently spoke to Viktoria about her citizenship journey and she told me that
she “can’t wait to register to vote.”
The
Literacy Network of South Berkshire
(LitNet) had just announced the Matthew and Hannah Keator Family Scholarship
for New Americans when Viktoria immediately applied. She was elated to get some
financial help which enabled her to start the process of filling out the
application for citizenship. READ
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If
You Want To Help A Child In Need, Teach An Adult To Read
Richmond
Times-Dispatch: 9.22.2019 by Karen La Forge
“I am a middle-aged woman who struggled with
reading and writing for a long time. Although I am a high school graduate, I
still have trouble reading. I did not understand how important those two things
were until later in life. When I heard about the READ Center I decided to
attend. “It has been ten years and I am still attending the READ Center. It has
helped me appreciate the value of reading. Without the READ Center I don’t
think I would have been able to help my kids get through school. I helped them
with tools I’ve learned like basics of phonics, including vowels and sounding
out words, breaking down long words and comprehension skills. My kids graduated
in the top five of their classes. My daughter has graduated from college with a
degree in biology. It did not stop with my own kids. I work with my nieces and
nephews too. Two of them have now graduated from college too.” — READ Center Student Johanna
If
you want to help children do better in school, invest in adult literacy. The
single greatest predictor of children’s educational success is the literacy
level of their parents.
In
the U.S., more than 36 million adults cannot read or do math at a third-grade
level. In Richmond, about 16% of adults lack basic literacy skills while in
Henrico County, it’s about 9% and in Chesterfield County, it’s about 8%. This
means more than 73,000 adults in our community struggle every day, and their
children struggle with them. READ
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Literacy Council of Kingsport Works To Address Adult Literacy Crisis
Times
News: 9.23.2019 by Dawn Blake
Today
begins the annual Adult
Education and Family Literacy Week to remind us all that basic reading,
writing, math and technology skills remain an elusive target for 36 million
adults nationwide, including more than 12 percent of adults in our community.
Often
these adults are our coworkers, relatives, friends and neighbors who have
managed to mask the inability to read for years. Literacy Council of
Kingsport is part of a national network of organizations that work every
minute of every day to end the adult literacy crisis.
According
to ProLiteracy,
the leading membership organization advancing the cause of adult literacy and
basic education in the nation, more than 36 million adults in the United States
lack the most basic literacy skills, and 15 percent of Americans without a
diploma don’t have jobs. ProLiteracy provides more than 1,100 community-based
literacy organizations, including Literacy Council of Kingsport, with tools to
help educate adult learners and help them meet the demands of today’s
workforce.
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“About
one in six adults is still not literate and approximately 67.4 million
school-aged children are not enrolled in school,” said Dawn Blake, executive
director of Literacy Council of Kingsport. “Here, in Sullivan County,12.5
percent of adults, ages 18-24, and 14.2 percent of adults, ages 25 and older,
have less than a high school education. Research shows that the difference
between those with and those without a high school diploma is about $10,000
annually.” READ
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