Literacy: Spanning North America
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Literacy Council Receives Grant for
Summer Program
The Pilot: 4.06.2020 by Laura Douglass
Summer is about having fun. It can also
be a challenging time for children from low income families to stay on track
with their reading achievement skills.
The Moore County Literacy
Council (MCLC) announced this week the receipt
of a $15,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation to support their summer
program, The Read Moore Academy for summer.
“Last summer, working with the Northern
Moore Family Resource Center, we helped 45 children from low income families
have a fabulous summer and improve their reading,” said Stuart Mills, MCLC
executive director. “Duke Energy Foundation's support will enable us to
continue this important work in 2020.”
On average, students may experience up
to two months loss of reading achievement in the summer. In many cases, this
can become a cumulative problem meaning children who fall behind particularly
in the early grades, stay behind. READ MORE ➤➤
Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 11
Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. Old
(Tenth to Eleventh graders)
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Local Adult Literacy Program Goes Virtual
To Continue Helping Students
MyFox8: 3.06.2020 by Natalie Wilson
An adult literacy program is adjusting to
how it serves its students.
Reading
Connections helps adults learn and improve basic
literacy skills such as reading, writing and comprehension.
The classes are usually held
face-to-face between tutors and students, but that traditional way of learning
had to adjust to the coronavirus pandemic.
Reading Connections trained more than
100 tutors to continue classes online.
“Sometimes we do it three times a week,
and I like it because I do not have to stop improving my language while I’m
staying home, and that’s really good,” student Rawaa Abdullah said.
Executive Director Jennifer Gore says
making the program available to students is even more critical during the
pandemic.
“Having a tutor that assists them in
knowing where to go and what to do, particularly in a time like this where
people are really afraid, has become increasingly more important,” she said.
Gore says tutors have assisted students
in understanding how to complete important applications, such as filing for
unemployment, and they have also helped students navigate the health system. WATCH 02:11
Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 13
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 18-19 yrs. Old
(college level entry)
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Adult Learning Put On Hold In Cape
Breton Due To COVID-19
Cape Breton Post: 4.06.2020
While some participants are feeling like
they’ve been abandoned, Karen Blair and her team of instructors are committed
to making sure the dreams for a better life don’t die.
As the COVID-19 global pandemic continues
its spread around the world, many countries have implemented strict measures to
reduce public gatherings as a means to halt the spread of the virus.
The result has been the closure of
universities, along with public schools and a large percentage of other
operations from libraries to restaurants.
Among those who have had to close their
doors temporarily is the Adult
Learning Association of Cape Breton County which
provides a host of services to residents in the Cape Breton Regional
Municipality.
“Our classes have been cancelled and so
we’ve moved to text, phone, Facebook, paper and any other methods to try and
maintain contact with our participants,” said Blair, the association’s
executive director.
“If nothing else, we can at least
provide a listening ear,” said Blair.
The association offers free,
community-based adult learning programs, GED preparation classes, along with
family and seniors' literacy programs.
Blair estimates that programs attract
some 250 participants each year. READ MORE ➤➤
Based on (7)
readability formulas:
Grade Level: 13
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 18-19 yrs. Old
(college level entry)
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