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Verizon Reads - http://www.verizonreads.net/
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. |
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Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF) - http://www.rif.org/
America's largest non-profit children's and family literacy organization. |
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Room To Read - http://www.roomtoread.org/
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. |
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National Center for Family Literacy - http://www.famlit.org/
Details about initiatives, research and statistics on literacy, newsletter, projects, a FAQ, press releases, and links to community programs. |
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Literacy Online - http://literacy.org/
University of Pennsylvania site concerning literacy for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide. |
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Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) - http://www.nifl.gov/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. |
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Literacy and Education - http://eserver.org/literacy/
"This page has assorted links to papers on literacy and education, as well as links to several related gopher archives." |
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Barksdale Reading Institute - http://www.msreads.org/
Designed to dramatically improve the reading skills of children through a systematic and direct implementation of a research-based reading reform model. |
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Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy - http://www.boggslit.org/
Research and community support center whose focus is increasing awareness of the overall spectrum of literacy issues. |
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National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy - http://www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/NCSWL/csw.homepage.html
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. |
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Applied Scholastics: Opening the Doors to Learning - http://www.appliedscholastics.org/
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. |
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LiteracyTent - http://literacytent.org/
A collaborative environment for literacy-related resources including news, discussions, field-generated documents and mailing lists. |
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Book 'Em - http://www.bookem-kids.org/
A non-profit organization seeking to inspire a love of books and reading in all children. Based in Nashville, Tennessee. |
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FIU Libraries - http://www.fiu.edu/~library/ili/
Florida International University Library's Information Literacy section enables links to various academic and practical resources on Literacy research, opinion and training. |
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New Literacy Through Technology - http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/tfranklin/literate.htm
Is technology developing a whole new kind of literacy? Once-literate people may find themselves classified as illiterate according to this new system. |