Literacy In The News :: Spanning the US
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Sentinel Record: 12.27.2020 by Cassidy Kendall
As
The Literacy Council of Garland County
looks to double its impact on those in need of literacy and mathematics
teaching and remediation in the next year, it needs help from multiple segments
of the community.
Council
Executive Director Sarah Richardson, who began her position in July, told The
Sentinel-Record in September that they hope to double the number of students
and volunteers by September 2021. So far, they are halfway to their goal.
"We're
at about -- this is not my favorite number -- about 20 students, which is not
anywhere near our best numbers ever, but is about where we were at, at a
full-year cycle last year," Richardson said. "Our numbers don't look
great, but the state numbers for literacy councils are down to about 20% of
what they normally are at this point in the year.
"So
I feel like at least we're kind of keeping our ground, and we're hoping to
continue to grow some. That's what we want for next year is really to get back
to -- I found documents from years past where we served 150 students. That's
really what we want to be back to. That's what we want. We want to be making a
real impact again, and so we're not there yet."
Richardson said with 11% of the county in need of literacy assistance, she is here to stay in her position and is "in love" with the council's mission to help. READ MORE ➤➤
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Carroll County Times: 12.28.2020 by Rebecca Arenson-Rachlinski
What
is the Literacy
Council of Carroll County? Is it a book
club? No. Is it part of the Public Library or School System? No, though they
are both Literacy Council partners. First, what is literacy? People often think
that literacy means being able to read and write. But the broader meaning of
literacy is knowledge or ability in a certain area (for example: finances).
So,
what is the Literacy Council of Carroll County? The Literacy Council is a
nonprofit organization providing no-cost education to adult learners who are
Carroll County residents and employees. Our mission is to enable adult learners
to develop or improve the skills they need to reach their personal education,
workplace, and life goals.
Our
volunteer tutors provide free, confidential, one-on-one tutoring in a wide
variety of subjects, including: reading, writing, and math; ESOL (English as a
Second Language); citizenship; computer skills; preparing for the written portion
of licensing exams (study skills); and workplace skills. READ MORE ➤➤
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Loudoun Now: 12.24.2020 by Jessica Monte
Olga
sits across a wooden farm table from me. She has just finished a one-hour class
on subject-verb agreement, an advanced English language concept she is studying
in her GED class, a program hosted by the Loudoun
Literacy Council with Fabbioli
Wine Cellars in Leesburg.
“I
like learning English to speak with other people,” Olga tells me, “but, it is
difficult.”
Olga
moved to the United States seven years ago, attended one year of high school,
and then dropped out. She subsequently found employment at Fabbioli Wine Cellars,
which has hosted English classes for more than two years and has recently
launched a GED program.
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A
2014 study “The Bilingual Advantage: Language, Literacy,
and the U.S. Labor Market,” indicates that employers prefer bilingual
applicants. Karen Feldman, the director of the Adult Literacy Program for the
Loudoun Literacy Council agrees. “Being able to learn or be bilingual or
trilingual is such a leg up in so many ways.”
But
here in Loudoun County, where the Loudoun Literacy Council serves nearly 500
adults annually, a staggering 85 percent of ELs, or English Learners, enrolled
in Loudoun County Public Schools test below basic proficiency in reading. READ MORE ➤➤
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