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11.27.2013 -
Bush, Goossen: Numbers around literacy in Houston are stark; we need to act to turn these numbers around

11.24.2013 -
Texans warned of private high schools peddling useless diplomas; students in search of a quick fix pay money for worthless credentials

11.19.2013 -
Literacy crisis in middle schools demands professional development in key teaching areas; adolescents who have no trouble reading individual words often struggle to understand full texts across various disciplines

11.17.2013 -
Study: Socioeconomic status can affect hearing; could contribute to achievement gap in learning between children of different economic backgrounds

11.15.2013 -
A look at Texas' 2013 scores on the Nation's Report Card

11.15.2013 -
Former Texas county sheriff helps educate jail inmates

11.15.2013 -
Financial Literacy education has real-life impact on teens saving for cars

11.14.2013 -
Barbara Bush, one of Houston's leading activists for literacy, presents Point of Light award

11.13.2013 -
Literacy depends on nurture, not nature: Country and school far more significant than individual characteristics, when comparing children who can read with those who cannot

11.13.2013 -
Media Literacy for young children: Essential for school success in today's world

11.13.2013 -
NASA offering high school juniors in Texas opportunity to explore interests in space careers through High School Aerospace Scholars program

11.12.2013 -
'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Texas Academic Outcomes': Report finds areas where significant improvement is needed, and achievable

11.7.2013 -
Texas libraries face federal funding cuts of up to 70 percent

11.7.2013 -
Texas public school students continue to lag behind the national average in reading scores, according to National Assessment of Education Progress scores

11.5.2013 -
Press Release: Literacy Advance sees Golden Opportunity in 50th Anniversary Year

11.5.2013 -
Getting your child excited about reading and books: Parents should lead by example

11.4.2013 -
Is a teacher shortage looming in Texas? In 2012, teacher certifications in Texas plunged 24 percent

11.3.2013 -
Part 4 of 4: Adding up the cost of low literacy among adults

11.2.2013 -
Part 3 of 4: How to turn adult education into careers, quickly: Linking class material to essential job skills and language key to success

11.1.2013 -
Part 2 of 4: What it takes (and means) to learn English as an adult: Immigrants see English as key to better life, but gaining proficiency is difficult among everyday obligations

10.31.2013 -
Part 1 of 4: Turning the page on illiteracy, adults go back to class: 30 million adults in the US have trouble with basic literacy, affecting jobs, lives, future

10.25.2013 -
Two-minute health literacy test for patients might improve doctor communication; doctors don't always realize when patients are confused

10.20.2013 -
Digital literacy: How soon should kids learn to use touch screens? Educators say digital literacy comes offline, grounded in real communication

10.18.2013 -
How Texas curriculum standards will work under new education law; 'endorsements' in specialty areas like science and engineering, business and industry, fine arts, humanities suggested

10.18.2013 -
Sesame Workshop debuts childhood literacy program; launches 'Every Day is a Reading and Writing Day' in Dallas

10.16.2013 -
Opinion: Increased oversight, reduced funding threaten public education; USA now slipping in educational attainment compared to other industrialized nations

10.15.2013 -
Opinion: Librarians are more than book clerks; students need school librarians to thrive in a 21st century economy and to become independent, lifelong learners

10.12.2013 -
15 Literacy Favorites for Fall: Books to read, crafts to make, and other literacy-related activities that suit the season

10.11.2013 -
Texas A+M closing achievement gap for English language learners, aiming for same academic achievement and success in school as their mainstream peers

10.11.2013 -
What can bilingual education do for Houston's kids? Making the most of 'linguistic capital' and one of the largest international populations in the country

10.9.2013 -
American adults score poorly on global test, scoring below the international average in math, reading, and problem-solving using technology

10.8.2013 -
Lack of job skills threatens economy, with literacy, facility with numbers and ability to adapt to new technologies among strongest indicators of earning power

10.8.2013 -
Reading is good for your health; compared with gender, age, education and income, literacy is variable with strongest correlation with self-perceived health

10.7.2013 -
A year after being shot by Taliban, education advocate Malala Yousafzai addresses UN: I believe in peace, I believe in mercy

10.6.2013 -
A book is worth more than 1,000 hours of TV: Camp Literacy students learn it pays to read

10.5.2013 -
Latest news from Literacy Advance!

10.5.2013 -
In spending $180 million on tutoring help, much misuse

10.3.2013 -
Government shutdown hasn't impacted schools - for now

10.2.2013 -
October is Health Literacy Month: The high cost of medical illiteracy

09.30.2013 -
Texas gets waiver from No Child Left Behind

09.28.2013 -
View from Ethiopia: Tablets without teachers improving literacy

09.27.2013 -
Global literacy initiative pledges books for 10 million children

09.26.2013 -
Texas sees number of students taking SAT climb, but scores remain below national average

09.25.2013 -
Texas children would benefit from President's plan to expand early education with tobacco tax increase, new report shows

09.23.2013 -
Comcast's Internet Essentials connects nearly 11,000 low-income Houston-area families to the internet

09.18.2013 -
Improving literacy would boost our economic outlook

09.18.2013 -
H-E-B's Read 3 kicks off Texas-sized book drive

09.17.2013 -
Therapy Dog helps children improve literacy skills

09.16.2013 -
Texas A+M to improve early literacy skills for at-risk kindergarten students

09.15.2013 -
Understanding a child's language and literacy development

09.14.2013 -
7 ways to teach digital literacy skills

09.14.2013 -
Texas authors, literacy promoted at Book Fest

09.13.2013 -
Health Literacy could reduce Medicare expenses

09.10.2013 -
World Literacy Day: Why be literate?

09.10.2013 -
Mayor: The Houston public library card, your 'smartest' card

09.9.2013 -
Feds deny Texas request for waiver on No Child Left Behind requirements

09.8.2013 -
Raising literacy in the community raises us all

09.7.2013 -
Literacy plays critical role in fight against poverty

09.6.2013 -
International Literacy Day tips and ideas

09.5.2013 -
Embedded literacy and numeracy education upskills prisoners

09.5.2013 -
Study: Millennials set to be most educated generation ever

09.4.2013 -
Education Secretary: Later start to school day could benefit students

08.31.2013 -
Dogs take a bite out of Houston's chronic reading problem: Animals remove the fear from learning

08.31.2013 -
Auditor says state vulnerable to school cheating

08.29.2013 -
Texas educators taking new approach to college readiness

08.29.2013 -
Texas faces more scrutiny over grading school districts using A to F model

08.26.2013 -
Back to School: To promote literacy, make learning to read enjoyable

08.23.2013 -
Facebook's new venture: Spreading literacy, spreading internet

08.20.2013 -
Texas schools join forces in bid to help minority males

08.18.2013 -
Study shows Texas kids segregated by language

08.18.2013 -
Texas program aims to make education fun, get kids 'All In' college

08.18.2013 -
Seeing is thinking, feeling, understanding: let's not neglect visual literacies

08.15.2013 -
Week 1 of School: Selling the value of literacy

08.14.2013 -
Social media: Why the case for teaching digital literacy is so compelling

08.14.2013 -
Opinion: What is literacy in the 21st century?

08.13.2013 -
Study shows Jim Crow-era segregation persists in Texas schools

08.9.2013 -
Literacy program encourages students to read, avoid summer slide

08.8.2013 -
Texas Education Agency releases 2013 accountability ratings

08.7.2013 -
1 in 5 HISD schools falls short in new ratings

08.6.2013 -
Picture books DO boost literacy: It doesn't matter what you read to your children as long they are interested in the story

08.6.2013 -
Telling stories are the stepping stones to literacy

08.5.2013 -
From Detroit to Manila, literacy is a life raft to independence

08.5.2013 -
Health Literacy: Solving the mystery of 'medical speak'

08.3.2013 -
Houston Food Bank helping promote literacy

08.3.2013 -
TEA provides school districts and charters more information regarding assessment transitions

07.29.2013 -
The time is now: Moving from financially illiterate to financially literate

07.29.2013 -
L.A. County literacy initiative, 'Freedom School', reaches juvenile offenders

07.27.2013 -
News Literacy Project helps students sort media fact from fiction

07.26.2013 -
GIA collaborates with Nelson Mandela Foundation on literacy program

07.24.2013 -
'I can't read my high school diploma': Why literacy standards are falling across America

07.21.2013 -
Tips and advice to encourage a love of reading in your child

07.19.2013 -
Ideas for parents: Literacy means reading AND writing

07.18.2013 -
How to promote literacy and skilled communication

07.15.2013 -
3 pre-literacy skills your preschooler needs, and how to make it happen

07.15.2013 -
45 Texas professors sign letter in support of lower student loan interest rates

07.15.2013 -
How Scholastic sells literacy to generations of new readers

07.12.2013 -
Houston non-profit builds libraries in Uganda

07.11.2013 -
US Supreme Court upholds value of diversity in higher education

07.11.2013 -
Perry Veto: TX superintendents disappointed education bill didn't pass

07.11.2013 -
Unravelling literacy myths

07.6.2013 -
Texas students struggle to pass STAAR exams - again and again

07.5.2013 -
Media Literacy in the 21st century

07.1.2013 -
Could you pass the 'literacy' test given to black voters in the 1960s?

06.29.2013 -
Supreme Court sends back Texas race-based college admissions plan

06.29.2013 -
Opinion: Leaven financial 'literacy' with wisdom

06.28.2013 -
Opinion: Texas needs higher ed infrastructure to thrive

06.25.2013 -
Literacy: The dangers of falling behind

06.24.2013 -
Test scores highlight ineffective Texas school funding

06.24.2013 -
Texas among worst 10 states to be a kid

06.20.2013 -
Texas superintendents weigh in on vetoed education bills

06.19.2013 -
New high school graduation requirements passed in Texas

06.19.2013 -
Shelter, literacy and food security focus for Mandela Day 2013

06.18.2013 -
School's out in Houston, and Creative Writing Camp is in session

06.17.2013 -
Supreme Court weighs whether race or class is barrier to education

06.17.2013 -
Literacy 2.0: A digital gap between kids and parents

06.16.2013 -
Tragedy of child brides impacts literacy, among much more

06.15.2013 -
Dad, redesigned: Family literacy program a path to better parenting

06.13.2013 -
View from India: Literacy has greater impact on public health than increasing average income

06.11.2013 -
Low 'digital literacy' still holding some consumers back from a life online

06.10.2013 -
Governor Perry signs high school curriculum, testing bill

06.9.2013 -
To improve child literacy, teach the adults

06.6.2013 -
Girl Rising: Sisters go to school instead of the dump

06.6.2013 -
22 ingenious maps that show how Americans speak English totally differently

06.6.2013 -
Silicon Valley's immigrant janitors learning English at work

06.5.2013 -
Letter: Texas public education system needs repairs to get on track

06.5.2013 -
Hutchison says governments should invest in higher education

06.4.2013 -
America's grade for Financial Literacy: F

06.3.2013 -
Houston teen journalist writes: Program utilizes poetry to give local students a voice

05.31.2013 -
Save the Children Report: Malnutrition linked to low literacy

05.31.2013 -
Five ways to improve literacy learning (that work better than high-stakes tests)

05.27.2013 -
Logjam breaks on Texas education reforms

05.25.2013 -
Texas Senate OKs budget with increases to education, mental health services

05.24.2013 -
Opinion: Texas Education Bill would help immigrant English learners

05.24.2013 -
Prison reading program connects fathers

05.23.2013 -
Houston population growth shows no sign of waning

05.23.2013 -
SMS-based literacy program: Education may be just a text message away

05.23.2013 -
Financial Literacy myth debunked: Women CAN manage their money

05.22.2013 -
Texas school builds on proven link between exercise and improved academic results

05.21.2013 -
Literacy Advance tutor Larry Dierker back in the fold with the Astros

05.21.2013 -
Health literature is too complex for most patients to grasp, study shows

05.19.2013 -
Popular movies with same-language subtitles can help children improve literacy

05.18.2013 -
Opinion: Getting it right for Texas students, employers

05.17.2013 -
Weak financial literacy scores threaten a global education movement

05.16.2013 -
Beating illiteracy: Houston agencies address the problem

05.16.2013 -
Children who read on iPads or Kindles have weaker literacy skills and are less likely to enjoy it as a pastime, charity warns

05.15.2013 -
Report: Cost of low health literacy to US = $106 billion to $236 billion

05.13.2013 -
Poverty as disease: 'Poverty damages children's dispositions and blunts their brains'

05.10.2013 -
Obama to Texas students: 'We're poised for progress'

05.10.2013 -
Putting literacy at the head of the line

05.10.2013 -
Castro, wife begin initiative for literacy in Houston

05.10.2013 -
Bauer College of Business graduate launches literacy non-profit

05.9.2013 -
National Center for Family Literacy announces partnership with US Department of Education to advance family engagement

05.6.2013 -
Texas Senate OKs testing standards overhaul

05.3.2013 -
Students can't resist multi-tasking, and it's impairing their memory

05.3.2013 -
Explosive growth of Hispanics in Texas brings dramatic changes to schools

05.1.2013 -
Can making data beautiful engage patients and boost health literacy?

04.29.2013 -
Digital literacy and the Boston bombings

04.29.2013 -
Costly demolition, rebuild likely for West intermediate, high schools

04.24.2013 -
Newly-formed Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation reveals plans to tackle low literacy in Houston

04.24.2013 -
US News and World Report: Six Houston high schools among top 100 in US

04.23.2013 -
CultureMap Promo: The Changing Faces of Houston, this Friday at Discovery Green

04.23.2013 -
Texas Education Commissioner's new school ratings emphasize minority progress

04.21.2013 -
Barbara Bush reveals an unexpected marital woe in a $2.1 million night for reading: Can't contain the sock man

04.21.2013 -
Opinion: Don't lower Texas educational standards

04.20.2013 -
Seeking to pare standardized tests, legislators take aim at testing firm

04.19.2013 -
Opinion: Educational reform in Texas calls for different solutions

04.17.2013 -
View from Asia: Educating a girl can save the world

04.16.2013 -
Schools demanding News Literacy lessons to teach students how to find fact amid fiction

04.15.2013 -
Report: Texas falls behind in education, health care

04.15.2013 -
Opinion: Investing in science, math and engineering education is good business

04.15.2013 -
Conversation: Texas education policy and the politics of the Latino majority

04.12.2013 -
View from Tanzania: Books as tools for promoting literacy, status of women

04.11.2013 -
Opinion: At ballot box, education cuts mattered

04.10.2013 -
Financial Literacy Month: Don't forget your kids!

04.10.2013 -
Texas considers backtracking on testing

04.8.2013 -
Khan Academy tackles financial literacy online

04.8.2013 -
Barbara Bush Foundation goes national with launch of 'Love, Read, Learn' baby journal in Michigan

04.8.2013 -
View from India: Financial literacy best way to empower women

04.7.2013 -
20-4-30: Take the pledge to read aloud to your child for 20 minutes every day for the month of April

04.4.2013 -
7 questions to test your financial literacy

04.4.2013 -
Texas Senate bill would train teachers for on-campus gunfights

04.2.2013 -
New study shows US middle-class students badly lagging their peers globally

04.2.2013 -
Survey reveals US high school students lack adequate financial knowledge

04.1.2013 -
Texas Education Agency rules to close North Forest ISD and merge into Houston ISD

03.30.2013 -
Opinion: Texas poised to go backward on education standards

03.29.2013 -
Texas education experts weigh proposals' impact on students

03.28.2013 -
Bush, Kennedy join effort to promote literacy through new awards program

03.28.2013 -
Opinion: Education is backbone of Texans, should be supported financially

03.27.2013 -
Opinion: Houston's workforce not ready for the future

03.27.2013 -
Mayor Annise Parker kicks off Lemonade Day Houston, focusing on financial literacy

03.26.2013 -
Texas House OKs education overhaul

03.24.2013 -
World events suggest need for scientific literacy

03.22.2013 -
Will restored Texas education funding be enough?

03.22.2013 -
Ways to develop your child's financial literacy

03.21.2013 -
Truth Citizens: Media literacy in the digital age

03.21.2013 -
Texas special education programs steel themselves as cuts loom

03.20.2013 -
Sesame Street announces new partnership to support literacy

03.19.2013 -
Partnering for Success! Literacy Advance ESL classes at Clemente Martinez Elementary School go from strength to strength

03.16.2013 -
Opinion: Texas should go local when it comes to education

03.14.2013 -
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy announces 'Devotedly, Dad' letter writing contest

03.13.2013 -
Texas Education Commissioner responds to testing criticism, releasing STAAR exams early

03.12.2013 -
Congress may divert financial literacy funding to school security

03.11.2013 -
Podcast: Melanie Fisk and Larry Dierker interviewed on The 950 AM

03.11.2013 -
Opinion: Why financial literacy fails

03.11.2013 -
San Antonio launching Financial Empowerment Centers

03.8.2013 -
Focusing on literacy on International Women's Day

03.7.2013 -
Elementary school principal's $12,018 stunt for literacy

03.6.2013 -
Using audiobooks to boost your child's literacy

03.5.2013 -
'Drink for Literacy' all month long at Houston's OKRA Charity Saloon

03.2.2013 -
Health Literacy: 7 tips to better understand your doctor

03.2.2013 -
Little libraries build literacy and community

03.1.2013 -
Texas seeks waiver from 'No Child Left Behind' law

03.1.2013 -
Earlier is better when it comes to financial literacy

03.1.2013 -
Average child watches 5,000 hours of TV before entering kindergarten

02.28.2013 -
Press Release: Literacy Advance of Houston scores 'hole-in-one' with successful Reader Cup

02.28.2013 -
Should Texas follow Florida on education?

02.28.2013 -
Houston Grand Opera promotes literacy through musical theater in elementary schools

02.28.2013 -
Mental Health Literacy: Mental health first aid

02.26.2013 -
Opinion: Media literacy and recognizing gender stereotypes

02.26.2013 -
Gates, Zuckerberg back film pushing computer programming literacy, education

02.25.2013 -
TEALS: A novel way to bring digital literacy to the classroom

02.23.2013 -
At Capitol education rally, tough words for legislature

02.22.2013 -
Texas now 49th in spending on public schools

02.22.2013 -
Reader Cup - Larry Dierker Celebrity Golf Tournament in the Houston Chron

02.21.2013 -
Meet John Wood, one of the world's biggest literacy heroes

02.20.2013 -
Fastest way to conservation is increasing literacy

02.19.2013 -
Latino coalition pushing for Texas education equality

02.19.2013 -
George P. Bush calls for change in Texas education system

02.18.2013 -
Starting new businesses behind bars creates incentive for Texas inmates

02.17.2013 -
New Texas high school graduation standards face hurdles

02.17.2013 -
Infographic: Teaching environmental literacy in schools

02.17.2013 -
Texas Coalition wants more high-school focus on training for advanced jobs

02.15.2013 -
View from Afghanistan: Literacy advocate empowers young storytellers

02.14.2013 -
Houston charter schools plan to grow

02.14.2013 -
View from Russia: Digital literacy courses help Russian village people gain self-esteem and respect

02.14.2013 -
Texas Education: House might restore some education budget cuts

02.12.2013 -
Texas cities fare poorly in measure of literacy

02.12.2013 -
Texas education chief weighs in on testing debate

02.12.2013 -
Opinion: The myth of Texas school funding

02.11.2013 -
Poor health literacy among Latinos linked to increase in antimicrobial resistance

02.11.2013 -
Mathematical Literacy: A necessary skill for the 21st century

02.10.2013 -
Opinion: More money or better schools for Texas?

02.8.2013 -
Former First Lady Barbara Bush answers literacy questions from virtual audience of over 64,000 children

02.8.2013 -
Texas announces sweeping changes to controversial CSCOPE education program

02.8.2013 -
Texas Education Commissioner: Troubled Houston-area school district with state's lowest academic rating should be shut down

02.6.2013 -
Larry Dierker's Golf Tournament promoted on Houston's News 92 FM site

02.4.2013 -
Texas school financing system ruled unconstitutional

02.4.2013 -
Gates Foundation announces $6 million competition for literacy learning technologies

02.4.2013 -
Parental misconceptions about antibiotics linked to poor health literacy levels in Latino population

02.3.2013 -
Texas fight highlights higher education culture clash

02.1.2013 -
Larry Dierker talks to Comcast Newsmakers about tutoring and the Reader Cup

02.1.2013 -
NFL stars promote financial literacy for youth

02.1.2013 -
What's more important: Science literacy or news literacy?

01.30.2013 -
Opinion: Reform in Texas Education: Why we so desperately need it

01.29.2013 -
Texas kids chalk up mixed results on test; generally best results on reading

01.28.2013 -
Opinion: The metric system, the United States of America, and scientific literacy

01.27.2013 -
Texas' high child poverty rate beginning to lead to higher education costs

01.27.2013 -
Newark detective preaches literacy in new anti-gang program

01.25.2013 -
FORE! Larry Dierker and other celebs gather for the 7th annual Reader Cup golf event to benefit Literacy Advance of Houston

01.24.2013 -
Shall I encode thee in DNA? Sonnets stored on double helix

01.24.2013 -
What is literacy? The first three National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature answer

01.23.2013 -
Raising a new generation of readers

01.23.2013 -
Texas legislature to address future higher education funding

01.21.2013 -
Has cursive been written off?

01.19.2013 -
Writing helps children with literacy development

01.18.2013 -
Who's the best speller of them all? Houston Center for Literacy Grown Up Spelling Bee defies convention, brings hot competition

01.17.2013 -
Court told education system is failing Texas businesses

01.17.2013 -
Texas education system in huge distress from lack of attention

01.15.2013 -
A new chapter? San Antonio launches bookless library

01.13.2013 -
Low literacy skills disproportionately hurt women

01.12.2013 -
Supersizing literacy? UK McDonalds swapping Happy Meal toys for books

01.9.2013 -
Book buddies help young readers make literacy leaps

01.6.2013 -
As Egypt struggles with 27% illiteracy rate, National Women's Council puts literacy on agenda

01.4.2013 -
Schoolgirl shot by Taliban well enough to leave hospital

01.4.2013 -
Researchers: Online commenters impair readers' scientific literacy

01.3.2013 -
A Woman's Journey: Helping bring literacy to Tanzanian children

01.2.2013 -
San Antonio leads in teaching financial literacy

01.1.2013 -
Teaching the iGeneration: Going beyond digital literacy

12.28.2012 -
Literacy an obstacle for some seeking 'Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals'

12.26.2012 -
Little Free Libraries promote literacy and community

12.24.2012 -
Food literacy group sends students home with bags of produce

12.24.2012 -
Principal uses closed caption TV for literacy

12.24.2012 -
Crunching the numbers of early literacy

12.20.2012 -
Literacy Advance announced as winner of national mission statement competition

12.19.2012 -
How to promote literacy skills in the digital age

12.19.2012 -
Picture Perfect: Teaching to visual literacy

12.14.2012 -
Information Literacy in the Workplace: Novice engineers can't leave learning in the dorm room

12.13.2012 -
Reading to dogs boosts pupils' confidence, literacy

12.13.2012 -
The more you know: Health literacy is vital for patient health

12.13.2012 -
Texas takes another top business honor, but national mag wonders if the focus makes education suffer

12.12.2012 -
Mexican-American children excel socially, lag behind in pre-literacy skills

12.12.2012 -
Houston moms' group turns contest loss into win for local library

12.12.2012 -
View from England: How do you boost literacy in your school?

12.12.2012 -
Oprah's book club turns over new page

12.12.2012 -
Energy Literacy: A photo gallery

12.11.2012 -
Reports assess global student achievement in math, science and reading literacy

12.10.2012 -
Opinion: Coding is 21st century literacy

12.9.2012 -
Medical interpreters help patients, doctors communicate

12.8.2012 -
Dolly Parton: Singer, actress, literacy promoter

12.7.2012 -
Yamaguchi's foundation launches 'Always Reading' early childhood literacy program

12.6.2012 -
US Library of Congress to fund literacy awards with $1.5M gift

12.5.2012 -
Punishable by death: The quest for literacy

12.5.2012 -
Houston-area college degrees slowly rise

12.5.2012 -
Program helps parents boost family health literacy

12.5.2012 -
View from Mozambique: First Lady urges men to attend literacy classes; combat country's 44% illiteracy rate

12.4.2012 -
Another schoolgirl shot by Taliban - this time fatally

12.4.2012 -
Could selling a used book become illegal?

12.3.2012 -
BBC: Downward mobility haunts US education

12.3.2012 -
Smart Cities: Houston, we've got an opportunity here

12.3.2012 -
Science literacy and the polarized politics of climate change

11.30.2012 -
Letter from Jamaica: Train all teachers in literacy instruction

11.29.2012 -
View from Kenya: Financial literacy enriches a society

11.29.2012 -
View from Pakistan: Low literacy major hurdle for women to exercise their legal rights

11.27.2012 -
New Americans and the digital literacy gap

11.27.2012 -
India's president says lack of literacy biggest problem facing his country

11.26.2012 -
Harvard releases early literacy resources for policymakers, one memo at a time

11.24.2012 -
National Family Literacy Month: Literacy tips for parents

11.23.2012 -
Giving back for literacy and a better world

11.20.2012 -
Financial literacy and college persistence

11.20.2012 -
Afghanistan's journey to literacy

11.20.2012 -
Houston chalk street art draws creative attention

11.19.2012 -
Teaching reading behind bars

11.19.2012 -
E-books advance literacy in Africa

11.19.2012 -
New curriculum resources support student learning in Houston ISD schools

11.16.2012 -
NBCLatino: Literacy skills start with your baby

11.16.2012 -
Gender influences mental health literacy

11.15.2012 -
Literacy Advance mourns the passing of former Board member and supporter Bill Linden

11.14.2012 -
Afghan women learn literacy through mobile phones

11.13.2012 -
Literacy instruction expected to cross disciplines

11.13.2012 -
The current state of literacy in America

11.13.2012 -
Code Literacy: A 21st-century requirement?

11.12.2012 -
AMA: Low health literacy costing healthcare system more than $300 billion annually

11.12.2012 -
Bank scandals can aid financial literacy

11.9.2012 -
Pre-purchase classes highlight need for homebuyer literacy

11.8.2012 -
National Family Literacy Month: Time to bring back reading as a family

11.8.2012 -
Houston ISD board eyes incentive pay for reading intervention teachers

11.8.2012 -
Digital literacy becomes core skill for small business employees

11.7.2012 -
Literacy push opens new chapters for young readers

11.7.2012 -
Using technology to promote health literacy

11.6.2012 -
Ms. Lori Donley appointed Executive Director of Literacy Texas

11.5.2012 -
Podcast: Literacy, volunteers and Houston's future

11.4.2012 -
Study: New tech creating 'distracted generation with short attention spans'

11.4.2012 -
Hurricane Sandy and media literacy

11.3.2012 -
National Family Literacy Month: How true are assumptions about kids and screen time?

11.3.2012 -
Opinion: Nurturing literacy from an early age

11.2.2012 -
Boost to health literacy: A new look for prescription drug labels

11.1.2012 -
Low political literacy means need for more education in civics, economics

11.1.2012 -
Opinion: Houston literacy rate too low

10.30.2012 -
View from Rwanda: Learning and the power of reading

10.29.2012 -
7th annual Reader Cup golf event slated for Monday, February 25, 2013 at BlackHorse Golf Club

10.29.2012 -
Teen pregnancy linked to pre-teen literacy levels

10.29.2012 -
796 million people worldwide lack basic literacy skills

10.29.2012 -
On the reservation: Balancing literacy and the oral tradition

10.28.2012 -
Opinion: Financial literacy requires questioning mind

10.27.2012 -
View from Canada: Physical literacy is open book to fitness

10.27.2012 -
Could college basketball be answer to literacy in second and third world countries?

10.26.2012 -
Houston's District B challenge: low grad rates

10.26.2012 -
Audible to donate to literacy programs for free download of Neil Gaiman's Halloween short story

10.23.2012 -
'Leisure literacy': A bullying antidote?

10.22.2012 -
Colleges promote debt literacy, aiming to cut down on loan defaults

10.22.2012 -
What your organization writes and how it speaks really matters

10.20.2012 -
Neil deGrasse Tyson tweets for science literacy

10.20.2012 -
View from Australia: 'Inextricable link between health literacy and wellbeing'

10.19.2012 -
At One Young World summit, education is 'key for everything'

10.19.2012 -
Amarillo's Open Book Festival benefits library's literacy programs

10.18.2012 -
Report: Books change how a child's brain grows

10.18.2012 -
View from Malaysia: The priceless gift of literacy

10.17.2012 -
Library spending cuts will harm literacy rates

10.17.2012 -
Math literacy startup makes competition finals

10.16.2012 -
Christie Lynn Smith promotes childhood literacy, talks motherhood

10.16.2012 -
Vive tu Vida: Research and event focus on health in Hispanic community

10.16.2012 -
Opinion: Time for a radical shake-up in education

10.15.2012 -
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators supports expanded tools for financial literacy and empowerment

10.15.2012 -
Health Literacy: No question is too stupid for your doctor

10.13.2012 -
Former President Bush's daughter speaks out for literacy

10.13.2012 -
Deep Learning: Pursuing questions that are important, intriguing, or just beautiful

10.11.2012 -
Literacy Advance Board President wins national recognition for HR innovations

10.11.2012 -
Questions = Financial Literacy

10.11.2012 -
NASCAR drivers promote literacy

10.10.2012 -
'Persistent pattern of environmental ignorance' - a golfer talks ecological literacy

10.10.2012 -
Climate Science and Science Literacy: The strange divergence

10.9.2012 -
Health Literacy: First universal standards guiding content, appearance of prescription container labels

10.8.2012 -
Treehouse heralds an age of digital literacy, no degree required

10.6.2012 -
99-year-old literacy teacher making a difference

10.5.2012 -
Professional Holiday Photo Shoot announced - $75 fee waived once again

10.5.2012 -
Mental illness and limited literacy

10.5.2012 -
Opinion: Rethinking IT literacy

10.5.2012 -
Opinion: Media literacy in the digital age

10.5.2012 -
$20K competition encourages innovation in braille and tactile literacy for the blind

10.4.2012 -
View from Rwanda: Financial literacy game launched in schools

10.4.2012 -
View from Canada: Are our youth financially literate?

10.3.2012 -
Informational Text, or: How thinly can you slice the salami

10.2.2012 -
New from Brookings Institution: Can academic standards boost literacy and close achievement gap?

10.2.2012 -
Doctors, nurses and others learn to better communicate at health-literacy conference

10.2.2012 -
Houston's Walking Toward Literacy event to be held Saturday, October 27

10.1.2012 -
Celebrating Banned Books Week

10.1.2012 -
Governor Rick Perry declares October 2012 Information Literacy Awareness Month in Texas

09.30.2012 -
Millions to celebrate literacy with 'Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad'

09.29.2012 -
Opinion: Volunteers can be the difference for adult literacy students

09.29.2012 -
Top 10 money tips to achieve financial literacy

09.28.2012 -
World View: Literacy skills aid in scientific creativity

09.28.2012 -
US Education Department awards $28 million to boost literacy skills for low-income students

09.27.2012 -
World View: Promote literacy to enhance peaceful coexistence in Ghana

09.27.2012 -
Opinion: Defining 21st-century literacy

09.25.2012 -
Digital literacy: Into the cloud

09.25.2012 -
Third Grade Redux: Does holding struggling readers back build literacy?

09.24.2012 -
Opinion: iPhone or textbook? What literacy means today

09.24.2012 -
Neil deGrasse Tyson on scientific literacy, education, and the poetry of the cosmos

09.24.2012 -
What is digital literacy and how has it changed your child's classroom?

09.24.2012 -
Opinion: Educate the adult work force

09.23.2012 -
Why CIOs desperately need a technology-literate society

09.23.2012 -
Word on the Street: Parents teach children the value of reading

09.23.2012 -
Education enrichment: Building literacy at home

09.22.2012 -
Community approach helps increase literacy

09.21.2012 -
With literacy and justice for all?

09.21.2012 -
National Literacy Month: Mind the (language) gap

09.21.2012 -
World View: Adult literacy will help cut work accidents

09.21.2012 -
Fostering an appetite for food literacy

09.20.2012 -
United Way and Houston Texans announce 'Readers Do Something About It' reading rally and book drive

09.20.2012 -
Census: One quarter of Houstonians now live in poverty; 38% are children

09.19.2012 -
Houston education director honored with national award

09.19.2012 -
UNESCO: New chapter for literacy with Global Partnership for Girls' and Women's Education

09.16.2012 -
H-E-B kicks off book drive with literary fiesta event

09.15.2012 -
CultureMap Houston: 'Scrabble gone wild'

09.15.2012 -
View from Zambia: Room to Read pledges resources towards improved literacy

09.14.2012 -
Press Release: S-U-C-C-E-S-S for sold-out Scrabble and the City event

09.13.2012 -
Scrabble and the City listed as a 'don't miss' event on CultureMap Houston

09.12.2012 -
Literacy Advance welcomes new staff to Programs Team

09.11.2012 -
H-E-B Cake-Off has 'literacy' theme

09.10.2012 -
Opinion: Too many live in a world without words

09.10.2012 -
Building Blocks for an Educated Workforce: Teaching and validating digital literacy skills

09.10.2012 -
Infographic: Why jobs remain unfilled even though unemployment is high

09.9.2012 -
For International Literacy Day, UN flags key role of reading and writing in global peace

09.9.2012 -
Literacy Day: 10 celebs share the best book they've ever read

09.8.2012 -
International Literacy Day: Is education feasible for all by 2015?

09.8.2012 -
International Literacy Day: Literacy is key to unlocking the cycle of poverty

09.8.2012 -
World Literacy Day: Giving all kids a chance

09.7.2012 -
View from Washington: Literacy is the keystone in the arch of an education

09.7.2012 -
Transformation in Rwanda: Literacy is a gift that goes beyond reading

09.7.2012 -
USAID announces 32 innovations to improve child literacy at International Literacy Day event

09.6.2012 -
Why family literacy matters: Impact on America's next generation

09.6.2012 -
Publishers back African literacy effort with e-books

09.6.2012 -
Ask the Expert: Literacy in Latin America

09.5.2012 -
How mothers' literacy skills, even at basic level, translate into healthier kids

09.5.2012 -
World Literacy Day 2012: Literacy supports peace, development

09.5.2012 -
Opinion: Why media literacy is so important for kids today

09.5.2012 -
19 alarming things we learned about financial literacy in America

09.4.2012 -
Kicking off International Literacy Month

09.4.2012 -
5 ways to develop climate literacy

09.4.2012 -
'Bess the Book Bus' is driven by literacy

09.4.2012 -
View from Houston: We must invest in pre-K

08.31.2012 -
US high schoolers get another F in financial literacy, new study shows

08.31.2012 -
90 million adults in the US have difficulty understanding health information

08.30.2012 -
View from Houston: Success in school depends to large degree on parents

08.29.2012 -
Houston economy faces steep shortfall in educated workers

08.28.2012 -
WIN tickets to Scrabble and the City and play a round with CultureMap Houston!

08.28.2012 -
Opinion: Being a digital native isn't enough

08.26.2012 -
TED Radio Hour: Building a better classroom

08.26.2012 -
HISD aims to set weak readers on track

08.24.2012 -
Opinion: America is starving its future

08.22.2012 -
World View: Bhutan, Colombia, Indonesia and Rwanda awarded UNESCO International Literacy prizes

08.21.2012 -
Is our foundation of literacy crumbling?

08.20.2012 -
Plenty of jobs, but lack of skills

08.20.2012 -
Houston Girl Scout promotes childhood literacy to earn Gold Award

08.17.2012 -
Opinion: International Literacy Day, September 8, is caught in a web of jargon

08.17.2012 -
Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi talks skating and literacy

08.16.2012 -
Press Release: Fleming's confirmed as caterer for Scrabble and the City 2012

08.15.2012 -
How the US can get back in the literacy game

08.15.2012 -
World View: Most children in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya fail literacy and numeracy tests

08.14.2012 -
Literacy Advance one of just 3 literacy agencies profiled in national Giving Library project

08.13.2012 -
Opinion: Why absolutely everyone needs to be software literate

08.13.2012 -
World View: Raising reading levels in Canada won't be cheap

08.12.2012 -
Reading as a civil right: Expanding the lens of literacy in an era of reform

08.12.2012 -
World View: The power of literacy in Indonesia's independence

08.12.2012 -
World View: Harnessing the potential of social networking for literacy development in South Africa

08.10.2012 -
5 effective ways to promote literacy and learning through music

08.9.2012 -
Financial literacy tied to productivity

08.9.2012 -
GCFLearnFree.org launches brand new Information Literacy program

08.8.2012 -
Texting eroding tweens' literacy skills, says study

08.7.2012 -
NPR Listener Poll: 100 best-ever teen novels

08.6.2012 -
Dr Seuss literacy exhibit coming to Springfield, MA

08.4.2012 -
Estimated 77 million US adults have trouble understanding basic health info

08.4.2012 -
Official: State education focus on standardized testing hurts job market

08.2.2012 -
Segregation by income in Houston is among the starkest in US

08.1.2012 -
Literacy illuminates in central Texas

08.1.2012 -
Financial Literacy Snapshot: How the poor, the middle class and the rich spend their money

07.28.2012 -
Horse tales help increase literacy

07.28.2012 -
Author would like to see web literacy join the 3 R's at school

07.27.2012 -
Opinion: Restart economy by stopping illiteracy

07.27.2012 -
El Paso literacy program dedicates 4,200 books to newborns

07.25.2012 -
Opinion: Free speech must go hand in hand with media literacy

07.25.2012 -
Radical Pedagogy: Literacy for children with disabilities

07.24.2012 -
Opinion: Crucial to integrate STEM and literacy

07.23.2012 -
Lego's national literacy program tour to stop in Houston: July 27 - 28

07.23.2012 -
Getting past the catch-22 of digital literacy

07.21.2012 -
Opinion: 'We've allowed our news literacy to atrophy'

07.19.2012 -
Press Release: Expanding Literacy Services in Houston

07.19.2012 -
Teaching your kids financial literacy

07.18.2012 -
Facebook game subtly teaches 20-somethings financial literacy

07.17.2012 -
Health Literacy: Disagreeing with your doctor is harder than it seems

07.17.2012 -
Opinion: Summer is making US kids 'dumber and fatter'

07.16.2012 -
The Book Truck: Mobile library hits Mexico City's streets

07.16.2012 -
New partnership to address digital literacy and job skills gap

07.14.2012 -
2011 Annual Statistical Report on the GED Test released

07.13.2012 -
Little Free Libraries help promote literacy

07.12.2012 -
Archie Comics co-CEO sees comic book as viable tool in building literacy and a love of reading

07.11.2012 -
Literacy begins at home, well before school bell

07.11.2012 -
Is there a right to literacy? ACLU sues Michigan over 'right to learn to read'

07.10.2012 -
For manufacturing jobs, US workers brush up on math

07.8.2012 -
Understanding financial literacy to improve your life

07.6.2012 -
Risk Literacy: 'Professionals today have a dangerously poor understanding of statistics'

07.5.2012 -
World View: UK's Guardian tells how schools can combat the summer literacy dip

07.5.2012 -
The challenge of filling out social service forms, without digital literacy

07.4.2012 -
World View: Literacy program flourishes in Khwaja Ghar, Afghanistan

07.1.2012 -
Fight kids' summer brain-drain with free virtual 'camp'

06.30.2012 -
Summer of Read. Write. Win: H-E-B giving scholarships to young Texans

06.29.2012 -
Games can improve employee health literacy

06.29.2012 -
Women fall behind in financial literacy

06.29.2012 -
World Literacy Foundation and Budding Reader to send thousands of e-books to developing world

06.27.2012 -
Finding the write stuff: Science teacher puts on her literacy hat

06.22.2012 -
Literacy Advance student named Literacy Texas Adult Learner of the Year

06.21.2012 -
Scientific Literacy: Where do you stop?

06.21.2012 -
Houston charter school YES Prep wins national excellence award

06.18.2012 -
In Texas, working poor families struggle to get ahead

06.18.2012 -
Macy's kicks off summer campaign for literacy

06.17.2012 -
World View: Literacy can be first step out of despair

06.17.2012 -
Book by teens in custody aims to help kids escape the cycle of crime

06.16.2012 -
Opinion: Inspiring food literacy through the 'Nourish' project

06.16.2012 -
World View: Keeping kids literate without books

06.15.2012 -
Financial literacy critical for kids

06.7.2012 -
Houston charities rank No. 1 in national study of financial accountability

06.7.2012 -
Forces literacy training 'sets an example'

06.5.2012 -
World View: New literacy and girls empowerment program brings change to Ghana

06.4.2012 -
knowonder! App improves child literacy with free, original daily content for parents

05.31.2012 -
World Education Blog: Literacy rates are rising, but not fast enough

05.30.2012 -
Literacy for Little Ones: 15-year-old's project sees book packs donated to 2,000 newborns thus far

05.30.2012 -
Childhood vision care affects literacy

05.30.2012 -
World View: Motivation and self-confidence vital to childhood literacy, reports find

05.29.2012 -
Literacy student keeps plugging away to earn GED

05.29.2012 -
Enhanced e-books don't enhance literacy: well, duh

05.27.2012 -
Illiteracy affects everyone

05.23.2012 -
Juneteenth celebration in Galveston: Donate a book to promote literacy

05.22.2012 -
Katy group touts 'Book Alive!' literacy program

05.21.2012 -
Literacy Advance of Houston prepares for Scrabble and the City event

05.21.2012 -
Study shows Congress speaks at literacy level of high school sophomores

05.21.2012 -
Free bicycles help keep girls in school in poor Indian state, giving hope for better literacy

05.21.2012 -
Footballs and literacy change lives for Afghan women

05.17.2012 -
Computer programming for all: A new standard of literacy

05.17.2012 -
Literacy erases shame, brings hope

05.16.2012 -
Financial Literacy to the rescue! Marvel comic promotes good money management

05.15.2012 -
Reading in American schools: Will Common Core State Standards improve literacy?

05.14.2012 -
Literacy program highlights value of men reading to children

05.14.2012 -
Financial knowledge can be economic destiny

05.10.2012 -
The importance of literacy: A Q + A with author Walter Dean Myers

05.9.2012 -
Learning a new language on location

05.5.2012 -
H-E-B's chief walks the walk on education

05.5.2012 -
Poor literacy skills plague workplaces

05.3.2012 -
Literacy Advance awarded 'Winner of Distinction' by Better Business Bureau

05.2.2012 -
Keeping informed about the dropout crisis

05.2.2012 -
Opinion: Three reasons kids need digital literacy and citizenship education

04.26.2012 -
Pass the books. Hold the oil.

04.25.2012 -
Literacy Advance to benefit from first annual Office Olympics

04.24.2012 -
Houston Children's Museum to celebrate bilingual literacy day

04.24.2012 -
Millennials struggle with financial literacy

04.23.2012 -
Arte Publico Press, Houston Public Library shine light on 'Bookjoy'

04.23.2012 -
World View: Children in school is not enough - they must learn something there

04.23.2012 -
Houston adds most jobs since beginning of recession

04.22.2012 -
On a $1.9 million night, Barbara Bush hands over the reins to Celebration of Reading

04.20.2012 -
Houston's 'Making It Better' is living up to its name

04.19.2012 -
Books: Just what the doctor ordered

04.17.2012 -
World Education Blog: How education leads to better health

04.12.2012 -
New bilingual mobile website provides Hispanics with culturally relevant health information

04.10.2012 -
Literacy a critical skill to maintain good health

04.9.2012 -
Scrabble and the City preparations in full swing

04.8.2012 -
Student raises awareness about child literacy

04.7.2012 -
Are you scientifically literate? Take this quiz...

04.7.2012 -
Why does Houston, land of millionaires, have so many kids in poverty? City criticized for contrast

04.4.2012 -
The rise of e-reading

04.3.2012 -
Announced: The definition of 'digital literacy'

03.30.2012 -
A conversation about literacy with Congressman Jim McGovern

03.30.2012 -
Texas needs skilled workers to drive growth

03.29.2012 -
Celebrate National Financial Literacy Month by clearing out the financial clutter

03.24.2012 -
Driver's school bus reading program impacts literacy and behavior

03.23.2012 -
Program teaches computer literacy to older generation

03.22.2012 -
World Read Aloud Day honored around the world

03.22.2012 -
Libraries target early literacy for youngest learners

03.19.2012 -
Report: Texas high school graduation rates rising

03.19.2012 -
Opinion: The wrong literacy plan

03.18.2012 -
The Optimistic Futurist: Donated books boost kids' literacy

03.16.2012 -
Poor reading skills might be fatal for older folks

03.14.2012 -
Adult literacy essential to eliminate child labour

03.8.2012 -
Year-End Fundraising Appeal success launches Literacy Advance into 2012 with great celebration

03.7.2012 -
'Read Across America' promotes literacy among elementary students in Japan

03.4.2012 -
Bridging the digital literacy divide - social media's role in the job hunt

03.2.2012 -
Recognizing a child's learning needs often requires following your heart

02.28.2012 -
Literacy Advance scores a hole in one with Reader Cup

02.28.2012 -
Low literacy in family court is a hidden problem: judges watch for clues

02.27.2012 -
Financial literacy an important key to successful marriage, family

02.27.2012 -
Visual literacy for students' learning

02.26.2012 -
Cultural literacy and the younger generation: Relating to 'Hey Nineteen'

02.24.2012 -
Reader Cup - Larry and guests tee off Monday, February 27

02.21.2012 -
Financial literacy falls short

02.20.2012 -
Interview with Literacy Advance's Reader Cup host Larry Dierker

02.20.2012 -
What is literacy? (And why is it so important?)

02.18.2012 -
An animated way to teach financial literacy

02.17.2012 -
Dierker hits the books - and the links - for a worthy cause

02.17.2012 -
iPads in the classroom reportedly raised kindergartners' literacy scores

02.12.2012 -
Literacy pioneer Ruth Colvin writes of the people she's met around the globe

02.10.2012 -
Exclusive - Larry Dierker golf shirts available for a limited time

02.9.2012 -
Education gap grows between rich and poor, studies say

02.8.2012 -
Low literacy hurts women's wages more than men's

02.7.2012 -
Defining 'Media Literacy'

02.4.2012 -
'Failure week' at top UK girls' school to build resilience

02.3.2012 -
Former Astros manager Larry Dierker grew to love reading

02.2.2012 -
HISD's Grier pledges to improve bilingual education

02.1.2012 -
Comcast's Internet Essentials program expanding as digital literacy project soars

01.31.2012 -
"Opening Opportunities" - Literacy Advance on Groupon Jan 31 - Feb 2

01.27.2012 -
Why consumers struggle with health literacy

01.25.2012 -
Washington, D.C. ranked the most literate city in the U.S... Houston #60

01.23.2012 -
Adult literacy can be shortest path to an educated society

01.19.2012 -
Scion will open door for literacy at Houston Auto Show

01.19.2012 -
"I like big books and I cannot lie" - Texas middle school raps on literacy

01.18.2012 -
What makes for good teaching? And how do we get more of it?

01.16.2012 -
Working with family: Educators respond to family literacy project

01.16.2012 -
Would children be the best teachers of digital literacy to adults? A UK perspective

01.12.2012 -
Literacy helps youth achieve success through expression and communication

01.11.2012 -
Digital literacy case study: "We have to nurture our talent"

01.9.2012 -
Volunteer tutor Larry Dierker talks Astros to 1560

01.3.2012 -
Literacy today means more than reading, writing and a high school diploma

01.2.2012 -
Larry Dierker to host celebrity golf tournament in aid of literacy in Houston

01.1.2012 -
New write-on bookmark helps kids' literacy

01.1.2012 -
Learning to read as an adult takes persistence and courage

12.16.2011 -
Larry Dierker to swing a putter on February 27, 2012, to benefit Literacy Advance

12.15.2011 -
New Literacy Advance video now available on website

11.30.2011 -
Insults fly at lighthearted roast of Larry Dierker

11.28.2011 -
Literacy is the key to unlocking children's potential

11.15.2011 -
Professional Holiday Photo Shoot announced: $75 fee waived, donations instead to Literacy Advance

11.8.2011 -
Libraries offer 'FLIP Kits' to promote early literacy

11.4.2011 -
Barbara Bush announces new leadership of family literacy foundation, at USCAL conference in Houston

11.2.2011 -
Literacy Advance turns a page; names Melanie Fisk new Executive Director

10.17.2011 -
Game Changers for Literacy

10.3.2011 -
A Houston community unites for literacy

09.20.2011 -
Literacy Advance honors Comcast and John Bourke as "Champions of Literacy"

08.25.2011 -
Literacy Advance volunteer wins Halliburton Hometown Hero Award

07.28.2011 -
Spellbound at Scrabble and the City!

07.11.2011 -
Scrabble and the City Promotes Literacy Advance

01.7.2011 -
5th Annual Larry Dierker “My Team” Celebrity Golf Tournament

12.31.2010 -
Lester Benton, Literacy Advance learner, speaks at The Celebration of Reading in The Houston Chronicle

10.20.2010 -
Literacy Advance awarded re-accreditation through ProLiteracy