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05.16.2013 -
Beating illiteracy: Houston agencies address the problem
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
05.6.2013 -
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 -
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
03.16.2013 -
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 -
Texas announces sweeping changes to controversial CSCOPE education program
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
01.24.2013 -
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
01.17.2013 -
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
12.4.2012 -
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
10.8.2012 -
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
03.12.2012 -
News literacy: Becoming an informed and engaged media consumer and creator
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
02.15.2012 -
Australia celebrates National Year of Reading; local mayor claims social media will 'lift literacy'
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
01.25.2012 -
ProLiteracy urges President Obama to remember adults at lowest level of literacy
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
01.5.2012 -
A literate nation for 2012
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
12.30.2011 -
Lives changed in San Antonio by improved literacy
12.30.2011 -
Literacy taught over the airwaves in Afghanistan
12.26.2011 -
Turning gifts into financial literacy: Teaching kids how to appreciate money
12.23.2011 -
Beloved adult literacy leader wanted to continue teaching kids only, but life's surprising
12.22.2011 -
Season for Sharing: A grandmother's life changes thanks to literacy program
12.21.2011 -
Why students need "equity literacy"
12.21.2011 -
The Green Gap: Turning literacy into action
12.21.2011 -
Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Health insurance edition
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
12.13.2011 -
Shockingly low literacy rates at the root of many problems in developing nations
12.13.2011 -
News Literacy project trains young people to be skeptical media consumers
12.9.2011 -
Libraries the foundation for literacy, liberty
12.8.2011 -
This year, put a book on every bed
12.7.2011 -
The danger of using tests to measure success
12.7.2011 -
City Year Blog: Why does literacy matter?
12.6.2011 -
No place in class for digital illiterates
12.5.2011 -
Forget the LOLs: Internet drives literacy, says Atwood
12.1.2011 -
Houston-area libraries to host "Season's Readings" literacy series
11.30.2011 -
Insults fly at lighthearted roast of Larry Dierker
11.30.2011 -
Why we need better financial literacy
11.29.2011 -
Financial illiteracy big debit for Texas
11.28.2011 -
Literacy is the key to unlocking children's potential
11.25.2011 -
How cycling set deprived Indian girls on a life-long educational journey
11.21.2011 -
Literacy: The vehicle for hope
11.20.2011 -
Reading to your kid: Even more important than you think
11.20.2011 -
Dozens of Houston librarians lost to budget cuts
11.16.2011 -
Nationwide Financial Literacy campaign empowers citizens to share financial lessons
11.15.2011 -
Professional Holiday Photo Shoot announced: $75 fee waived, donations instead to Literacy Advance
11.14.2011 -
Your personal economy: Achieving financial literacy is a lifelong journey
11.13.2011 -
Early childhood education key to success for poor children
11.9.2011 -
Houston to celebrate 3rd annual Citizenship Week: November 13 - 19
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
11.3.2011 -
Reading is Fundamental (unless it's too expensive)
11.3.2011 -
Vision problems linked to literacy: Houston kids to get free exams, glasses
11.2.2011 -
Literacy Advance turns a page; names Melanie Fisk new Executive Director
11.2.2011 -
Degrees of literacy: not just about reading and writing anymore
11.1.2011 -
Financial Literacy Month begins with online forum on life stages
11.1.2011 -
Texas' minority, poor students still lag in reading
10.30.2011 -
Volunteerism on the rise in Houston, but so is demand
10.28.2011 -
Reach Out & Read - Childhood Literacy Summit in Austin, TX
10.26.2011 -
Big literary events in Houston over the next few weeks
10.24.2011 -
In teaching cultural literacy, who gets to determine the canon?
10.22.2011 -
Teaching students financial literacy key to solving economic woes
10.21.2011 -
HISD changes curriculum
10.20.2011 -
Jay-Z lends voice, wisdom to Buffett's financial literacy cartoon
10.20.2011 -
Improving your health literacy may help you improve your health
10.19.2011 -
Baker-Ripley Neighborhood Center makes a community feel at home
10.18.2011 -
Houston Chron Editorial: Libraries could use a helping hand
10.17.2011 -
Game Changers for Literacy
10.12.2011 -
Nuestra Palabra takes Latino literature showcase on the road
10.10.2011 -
Digital library aims to expand kids' media literacy
10.10.2011 -
Tablet computers for the world's poor children: Rice professor part of team leading innovation
10.9.2011 -
Bilingual students do better in every area
10.8.2011 -
Texas Young Professionals to hold Networking Happy Hour benefiting Literacy Advance
10.8.2011 -
Take 10 (or more) for literacy
10.6.2011 -
HISD says Apollo 20 schools making big gains
10.4.2011 -
North Coast libraries swap ideas in Houston
10.3.2011 -
A Houston community unites for literacy
10.1.2011 -
Dreaming of a better life, adults work to break the costly cycle of illiteracy
09.30.2011 -
Challenge program gets kids reading in Houston schools
09.28.2011 -
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo contributes $1.5 million to HISD, literacy and other causes
09.28.2011 -
Literacy key to excelling at work
09.26.2011 -
Some schools don't leave financial literacy to chance
09.23.2011 -
For the Win: Sharing a love of reading
09.21.2011 -
Census: Houston lags in education
09.20.2011 -
Literacy Advance honors Comcast and John Bourke as "Champions of Literacy"
09.12.2011 -
Comcast offers digital lifeline to the disconnected
09.8.2011 -
International Literacy Day celebrated worldwide
09.7.2011 -
September 12 - 18 designated National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week
09.5.2011 -
H-E-B launches Read 3 Program
08.25.2011 -
Literacy Advance volunteer wins Halliburton Hometown Hero Award
08.24.2011 -
Libraries in four counties read one book
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
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