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| Giga Bits (more) | Research Centers | 1998 | National Center for Family Literacy |
| Literacy | 26 | National Center on Adult Literacy | illiteracy |
| 5 | 7 | 2000 | Department of Education |
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National Center for Family Literacy Details about initiatives, research and statistics on literacy, newsletter, projects, a FAQ, press releases, and links to community programs. www.famlit.org - cached |
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Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF) America's largest non-profit children's and family literacy organization. www.rif.org - cached |
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Applied Scholastics: Opening the Doors to Learning Acclaimed as a major breakthrough in education by specialists and lay practitioners alike, the Applied Scholastics approach developed by L. Ron Hubbard is called Study Technology. Search in Category: Society: Religion and Spirituality: Scientology: Church of Scientology: Education www.appliedscholastics.org - cached |
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Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy Research and community support center whose focus is increasing awareness of the overall spectrum of literacy issues. www.boggslit.org - cached |
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Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) LINCS is the literacy community's gateway to the world of adult education and literacy resources on the Internet. The goal of LINCS is to bring adult literacy-related resources and expertise to a single point of access for users throughout the world. Search in Category: Reference: Education: Organizations: Literacy Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Education Search in Category: Society: Issues: Education: Literacy: Adult Literacy www.nifl.gov/lincs - cached |
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Literacy Online University of Pennsylvania site concerning literacy for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide. Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania: Research www.literacy.org - cached |
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NYTimes.com - When Backyards Were Laboratories Scientific literacy begins at home. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.] Search in Category: News Search in Category: News: Newspapers: Regional: United States Search in Category: News: Newspapers: Regional: United States: New York Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: New York: Localities: N: New York City: News and Media: Newspapers www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/weekinreview/19FOUN.html - published: May 19 2002 - cached |
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Room To Read Serves children in Nepal and Vietnam, and was founded on the belief that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty and taking control of one's own life. www.roomtoread.org - cached |
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Verizon Reads Verizon partners with local celebrities in communities to connect literacy to a familiar face, bring attention to a critical issue and raise awareness and funding for the cause. Find a list of program partners, celebrity helpers, personal testimonials, and contact information. www.verizonreads.net - cached |
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Barksdale Reading Institute Designed to dramatically improve the reading skills of children through a systematic and direct implementation of a research-based reading reform model. Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Mississippi: University of Mississippi: Departments and Programs: School of Education Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Mississippi: Education www.msreads.org - cached | |
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Book 'Em A non-profit organization seeking to inspire a love of books and reading in all children. Based in Nashville, Tennessee. www.bookem-kids.org - modified: Mar 20 2009 - cached | |
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Literacy and Education "This page has assorted links to papers on literacy and education, as well as links to several related gopher archives." Search in Category: Arts: Directories Search in Category: Arts: Humanities Search in Category: Arts: Literature: Electronic Text Archives www.eserver.org/literacy - cached | |
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LiteracyTent A collaborative environment for literacy-related resources including news, discussions, field-generated documents and mailing lists. www.literacytent.org - cached | |
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National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy California's Berkeley hosts the research consortium called NCSWL, aimed at understanding how writing is best learned and taught--from the early years through adulthood. Completed research, workshops and publications as well as researchers are covered. Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: California: University of California: Berkeley: Colleges and Schools www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/NCSWL/csw.homepage.html - published: Dec 20 1995 - cached | |
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FIU Libraries Florida International University Library's Information Literacy section enables links to various academic and practical resources on Literacy research, opinion and training. Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Library and Information Science: User Services: Information Literacy Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Florida: Florida International University www.fiu.edu/~library/ili - cached | |
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New Literacy Through Technology Is technology developing a whole new kind of literacy? Once-literate people may find themselves classified as illiterate according to this new system. Search in Category: Reference: Education: K through 12: Technology lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/tfranklin/literate.htm - cached | |
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