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How To Give A Little But Get A Lot

Julia Moulden | Posted 01.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Holidays, Literacy, Shopping, Xo, New Radicals, Frozen Shoulder, Drew McManus, Christmas, Melissa Dyrdahl, Changing the Present, Robert Tolmach, One Laptop Per Child, Giving Groups, Gifts, Bring Light, Julia Moulden, Living News
Julia Moulden

It's that time of year again. But this holiday season feels different, doesn't it? Lots of people are shifting their gift giving practices so that the...

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The Responsibilities of Citizenship: A Bundle of Literacies

Charles M. Firestone | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environmental Literacy, Citizenship, Civic Literacy, Bundle of Literacies, Literacy, Cultural Literacy, Charles M. Firestone, Financial Literacy, Charlie Firestone, Media Literacy, News Literacy, Democracy, Digital Literacy, Citizen, Politics News
Charles M. Firestone

Literacy today is not simply learning to read. There are additional literacies -- abilities to understand and operate -- in 21st century America.

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Is Reading Online Really "Reading"?

New York Times | Motoko Rich | Posted 08.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Literacy, Technology, Reading, Online Reading, Media News

Books are not Nadia Konyk's thing. Her mother, hoping to entice her, brings them home from the library, but Nadia rarely shows an interest. Instead, ...

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Reach Higher, America: Overcoming Crisis in the U.S. Workforce

David Perdue | Posted 07.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Jobs, Literacy, Adult Education, Economy, Training, Living News
David Perdue

Already beyond the reach of schools and lacking the adequate education and skills to obtain a good paying job, our nation's 25 to 34 year-olds are the first generation in U.S. history to be less educated than their parents.

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