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United for Literacy (French: Littératie Ensemble) a Canadian literacy organization established in 1899 by Alfred Fitzpatrick. It was founded as the Reading Camp Association and was renamed Frontier College in 1919. [1] In 2022, Frontier College changed its name to United for Literacy.
In 1945 the ALA established an Office in Washington, D.C. named the National Relations Office under the direction of Paul Howard. [23] In 1961, the ALA took a stand regarding service to African Americans and others, advocating for equal library service for all. An amendment to the Library Bill of Rights was passed in 1961 that made clear that ...
The Literacy Myth: Literacy and Social Structure in the Nineteenth Century City (Academic Press, 1979). Graff, Harvey J. ed. Literacy and social development in the West: A reader (Cambridge UP, 1981), scholarly studies of many countries; Guzzetti, Barbara, ed. Literacy in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Theory, and Practice (ABC-CLIO, 2002)
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Organizations promoting literacy in the United States (19 P) Pages in category "Organizations promoting literacy" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
More money would go to a number of other literacy programs, including $11.5 million for pre-K facilities and $9.7 million to support 26 state programs in literacy and English language learning ...
The Office administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs related to the Office's focus areas. OCTAE's programs fall into four general areas: Adult education and literacy, represented within OCTAE by the Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL)
Room to Read was co-founded and launched by John Wood, Erin Keown Ganju and Dinesh Shrestha in 1999 after Wood visited several local schools in Nepal.He observed the teachers' and students' enthusiasm and lack of resources, which led him to quit his job and build a global team to create sustainable programs that help solve their education challenges [5] [6]