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Literacy Volunteers of Illinois (LVI) was founded in 1979 to serve as a technical assistance and training agency for volunteer literacy programs affiliated with the national Literacy Volunteers of America organization. It initially served as a "mid-level" support system for local affiliated programs with the goal of monitoring and providing ...
Timothy Shanahan is an educator, researcher, and education policy-maker focused on literacy education. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Education, at the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, and he has held a visiting research appointment at Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The National High School Hall of Fame is a program of the National Federation of State High School Associations that honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to high school sports or performing arts. Since 1986, the Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony has been the final event of the National Federation's annual summer meeting ...
Gov. Bill Lee, from left, and former Gov. Bill Haslam laugh at a joke told by former Gov. Phil Bredesen at the Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation 20th anniversary celebration at the Country ...
These high schools are members of the Illinois High School Association. The conference was established in 2016 with six former members of the North Suburban Conference ( Antioch , Grant , Lakes , North Chicago , Round Lake , and Wauconda ) and two former members of the Fox Valley Conference ( Grayslake Central and Grayslake North ).
Holy Cross High School (River Grove, Illinois) (1961–2004) Immaculata High School (Chicago) (1921–1981) Immaculate Heart of Mary High School , Westchester (1960–2005) [ 3 ]
NAF is an industry-sponsored nonprofit with a national network of public-private partnerships that support career academies within traditional high schools. [1] [2] Each academy focuses on a theme that addresses the anticipated future needs of local industry and the community it serves in five major "college prep plus" fields of study that encourage and facilitate college preparation and ...
Although the U.S. Adult Education and Literacy System (AELS) and legislation such as the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 had highlighted education as an issue of national importance, [16] the push for high levels of mass literacy has been a recent development; expectations of literacy have sharply increased over past decades.