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@LiteracyAllNEFL

Improving Literacy Rates In Northeast Florida
Comcast: 12.11.2020 with Candace Kelley  

Recent studies show more than 20% of adults in Duval County perform at or below the lowest literacy level. Organizations like the Literacy Alliance of Northeast Florida take on the challenge to make sure everyone can reach full literacy dependency. Marcus Haile is the Executive Director and discusses this challenging task.  LISTEN 03:48

@NeighborUpCle

Adult Literacy Innovation Team
Working In Community To Improve Literacy

Neighbor Up Cle:  10.21.2020

We’ve been honored to spend the past year working in community with people dedicated to improving literacy in our city. Collaborating across neighborhoods and organizations, we hosted an Adult Literacy Innovation Team.

Folks worked in small groups and focused on different topic areas to test out new ways to make Cleveland a city where we all have the power to read. Everyone on the team brought so much passion and commitment to thinking and acting in new ways when it comes to improving adult literacy in our city.

We want to thank all the team members for dedicating themselves to the work!

Many of us have seen the statistic: 66 percent of Cleveland adults are low literate, and struggle to read bus schedules, medicine bottles and other everyday information. One woman working to improve adult literacy in Cleveland compared reading to breathing – those of us who can read don’t really think about it, but it is reading that sustains us and connects us to information, jobs and other opportunities. For those of us who can not read, much is out of reach.

@literacycoop

The Literacy Cooperative will co-fund some projects, too. All funding decisions will be made by a volunteer Grantmaking Committee.  READ MORE ➤➤

Automatic Readability Checker

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)

 

@alsoOTTAWA

ALSO Adult and Family Literacy
OBJ: 12.14.2020

ALSO is a charitable organization located in the heart of Ottawa. We have been working with high-risk, low-income adults and families since 1981, assisting them to upgrade their literacy and basic skills improving their daily lives. We serve more than 150 adults and families each year, building on individual and family strengths and supporting the development of the skills needed for family life, education, training and employment. ALSO prides itself on being a safe and caring community learning centre.  READ MORE ➤➤