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Literacy – Spanning the US :: Kingsport TN :: Richmond VA :: Redlands CA

Literacy In The News :: Spanning the US

@LiteracyKPT

Literacy Council, Its Students Finding Creative Ways To Navigate COVID-19 Pandemic
Times News: 3.21.2021 by Leigh Anne Hoover

March is National Reading Month. Most people in the Kingsport community are familiar with my adult literacy student, Ralph Buck.

Over the past several years, in addition to not being able to read, Ralph has been battling ongoing issues with his hearing. He has endured ear problems and hearing difficulties since childhood. Ralph was born with a cleft palate, which has resulted in hearing issues, hearing aids and multiple surgeries.

Over the past year, Ralph’s hearing has decreased beyond the point of being helped with hearing aids. His ear, nose and throat specialist in Kingsport has done everything possible for Ralph, and has referred him to a specialist in Knoxville for evaluation to determine if Ralph is a cochlear implant candidate. The complete evaluation requires numerous tests, immunizations and trips to Knoxville, but Ralph is a willing and compliant patient.

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During 2020, COVID restrictions forced the Literacy Council of Kingsport and First Broad Street United Methodist to temporarily close.

All of this changed Ralph’s routine in a big way.  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)

 

@TheREADCenter

Supporting Reading in RVA
For 40 years, The READ Center has helped adults build fundamental literacy skills
Richmond Magazine: 3.21.2021 by Paula Peters Chambers

March may be National Reading Month, but literacy is always the focus at The READ Center, a local nonprofit that helps adults acquire and expand skills they need for personal and professional success. With an estimated 73,000 Richmonders lacking basic literacy skills, there’s plenty of work to be done.

“Every important social issue is impacted by low literacy: health, poverty, parenting, housing, education, civic engagement and employment,” READ Center Program Manager Nausha Brown Chavez says. “Building fundamental reading, writing, math and digital skills gives people the power to find and keep sustainable employment, lower health care costs, increase their earnings, and lift themselves out of poverty. These literacy skills help people improve their self-confidence and self-sufficiency and, ultimately, change their lives.”

Founded in 1982 as the Literacy Council of Metropolitan Richmond by Altrusa International Richmond Inc. — a professional businesswomen’s service club — The READ Center provides free one-on-one and group instruction to adults who read below a seventh-grade level. Students are assessed when they enter the program and typically start in classes that meet twice a week for two hours. Students reading at the fourth-grade level or above have the option of working privately with a tutor and must commit to meeting at least once a week for two hours. During the 2019-20 school year, nearly 150 students received instruction through the center.

Research indicates that 100-150 hours of instruction, on average, are needed to advance a single reading level.   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)

 

@AKSmileyPL

Literacy Program Challenges Redlands To Get Caught Up In ‘Charlotte’s Web’
Redlands Community News: 3.11.2021 by Shari Forbes

This year’s Redlands Community Read selection is E.B. White’s classic book “Charlotte’s Web,” first published in 1952 and illustrated by Garth Williams.

Sponsored by the A.K. Smiley Public Library’s Adult Literacy Program, the annual Community Read Challenge is open to all who wish to participate.

The challenge features monthly activities related to the book, culminating in a community celebration in the fall of 2021. Illustration and writing activities can be submitted to the library and may be chosen for display in the library or other city facilities.  READ MORE ➤➤

 
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 10
Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 14-15 yrs. old
(Ninth to Tenth graders)

 

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