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News Flashes
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Note: Links to many of the items in News Flashes expire after two weeks or more. To see an older item, you may need to go to the publication's online archives or contact the publisher for a hard copy.
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from Literacy President
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The Presidential candidates have responded to a series of questions on adult literacy.
Subject Terms: Adult literacy, Policy and legislation, Voting, Federal government
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from Business Wire
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Congress Considers Funding for Program That Serves 50,000 Families Nationwide
Subject Terms: Family literacy, Financial support, Federal programs
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from ProLiteracy Worldwide
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In releasing his annual "State of Literacy" report, ProLiteracy Worldwide President Robert Wedgeworth said that it is time for the U.S. to extend basic educational opportunities to its adult population as well as its children. The report cites two factors that contribute to poor literacy statistics in the U.S. and abroad: women’s literacy and immigration trends.
Subject Terms: Women's literacy, Immigration, Policy and legislation, International organizations
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from PRNewswire
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HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today
announced welfare caseloads dropped in the first quarter of 2004 to fewer than
two million families for the first time since February 1970.
Subject Terms: Welfare services, Welfare reform, Initiatives and legislation
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from U.S. Department of Education
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"The need for literacy in reading and mathematics is a prerequisite for almost every job," Paige said.
Subject Terms: Workforce education, Workforce literacy, Employability, Education policy, Federal agencies
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from Newswise
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Reading researchers consider the impact of No Child Left Behind in context of adolescent literacy research.
Subject Terms: Adolescent literacy, Reading instruction, Reading research, Educational policy
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from The White House
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Education has always been a fundamental part of achieving the American Dream. An educated citizen is more likely to hold a good job, escape poverty, own a home, start a business, be free from crime, and participate in America's democracy.
Subject Terms: Educational policy, Initiatives and legislation, Job training
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from Eduation Week
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In your article about the director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s branch that sponsors reading research, G. Reid Lyon, and his leadership in the design and promotion of federal reading policy ("Select Group Ushers In Reading Policy," Sept. 8, 2004), Mr. Lyon is quoted as saying, "We are shifting toward education policy that is driven on the back of evidence rather than competing beliefs and philosophies."
Subject Terms: Reading research, Reading instruction, Educational policy
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from Federal Register
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The National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board meeting will focus on future and current program
activities, presentations by education researchers, and other relevant
literacy activities and issues.
Subject Terms: Meetings, Federal agencies, Educational research
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from eSchool News
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If he is re-elected come Nov. 2, President George W. Bush's education proposals for his second term would include plans to build an eLearning Clearinghouse to promote all the online courses available to students and adults from both public and private sources.
Subject Terms: Internet learning resources, World Wide Web (WWW), Initiatives and legislation
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