This local grant is part of $ 4.5 million
in youth literacy grants that Dollar General donates to approximately 1,000 organizations across America.
Not exact matches
In line with that mission, Voya Foundation accepts grant proposals year - round from organizations whose work aligns with our strategy of financial resilience: ensuring that youth are equipped with the STEM expertise necessary to compete in the 21st century workforce and the financial literacy skills necessary to make smart financial decisions that lead to a secure retiremen
In line with that mission, Voya Foundation accepts grant proposals year - round from organizations whose work aligns with our strategy of financial resilience: ensuring that
youth are equipped with the STEM expertise necessary to compete
in the 21st century workforce and the financial literacy skills necessary to make smart financial decisions that lead to a secure retiremen
in the 21st century workforce and the financial
literacy skills necessary to make smart financial decisions that lead to a secure retirement.
She is finishing her M.A.
in Media
Literacy Education, has a B.A.
in theology and philosophy from St. John's University, NYC, studied screenwriting at UCLA and Act One, Hollywood, and holds a Certificate
in Pastoral
Youth Ministry.
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Youth literacy, which used to be 55.8 %
in 98/99 went up to 64.8 %
in the 2005/2006 academic year and has recorded a huge jump to 88.5 %
in the 2012/2013 academic year.
Each partner plays a vital role not only
in the Coalition but
in the community, and to date the Coalition's actions have brought initiatives to the community including adult
literacy training and English as a second language opportunities, health awareness efforts,
youth and afterschool opportunities, and the creation of the Community Resource Hub at Catholic Charities.
In Nigeria, different official estimates put
youth and adult
literacy level at about 63 million.
Recipients participate
in a variety of community engagement activities including operating free neighborhood clinics, helping patients pay for their medications, delivering healthy
literacy education and mentorship to
youth, handing out free bike helmets to kids, conducting medical and psychological examinations to those seeking asylum
in the United States, giving out safe sleep sacs for newborn infants, and more!
While pursuing acting she teaches drama, fitness and arts based
literacy to underserved
youth in...
Currently Chelsea is developing a yoga and
literacy curriculum for Atlanta area
youth organizations, as well as providing trainings for yoga practitioners, educators, community leaders, activists, and students interested
in expanding their awareness on issues concerning marginalized
youth, individuals, and communities.
She previously served as senior research associate of the National
Literacy Panel on Language Minority
Youth and as a member of the Reading First Advisory Committee for the Secretary of Education
in the U.S. Department of Education.
As superintendent of Holyoke (Mass.) Public Schools, Paez is striving to eradicate the gap
in literacy and low expectations among disadvantaged
youth.
Hip - hop based education (HHBE) research started near the end of the 20th century, as scholars recognized that hip - hop could,
in the words of Roderic Land and David Stovall, «engage
youth in social discourse, which fosters critical thinking and academic and media
literacy.»
In this episode, I speak to Neil Lloyd, deputy principal of Brisbane's
Youth Education and Training Centre, about the school's efforts to address
literacy and numeracy skills gaps among students.
While primary schools can provide basic
literacy and numeracy skills, many children and
youth, especially those
in less developed countries, fail to complete secondary education and do not receive essential employability or functional
literacy skills to allow them to successfully secure a meaningful and sustainable livelihood.
First off, here's Neil Lloyd from Brisbane's
Youth Education and Training Centre, talking about the starting point for school improvement
in relation to students»
literacy and numeracy skills gaps.
In this forum, two experts argue that getting smarter about
literacy and charter schooling offers big opportunities to address the challenges facing Hispanic
youth.
The UNESCO Confucius Prize for
Literacy — supported by the Government of the People's Republic of China and dedicated to literacy work benefitting rural populations and out - of - school youth, particularly girls and women — is awarded to laureates in South Africa, India, and Senegal: The South African Department of Basic Education for its Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign; the Jan Shikshan Sansthan organization in Kerala, India, for its programme, Vocational Skill Development for Sustainable Development, and the Directorate of Literacy and National Languages in Senegal for its National Education Programme for Illiterate Youth and Adults throu
Literacy — supported by the Government of the People's Republic of China and dedicated to
literacy work benefitting rural populations and out - of - school youth, particularly girls and women — is awarded to laureates in South Africa, India, and Senegal: The South African Department of Basic Education for its Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign; the Jan Shikshan Sansthan organization in Kerala, India, for its programme, Vocational Skill Development for Sustainable Development, and the Directorate of Literacy and National Languages in Senegal for its National Education Programme for Illiterate Youth and Adults throu
literacy work benefitting rural populations and out - of - school
youth, particularly girls and women — is awarded to laureates in South Africa, India, and Senegal: The South African Department of Basic Education for its Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign; the Jan Shikshan Sansthan organization in Kerala, India, for its programme, Vocational Skill Development for Sustainable Development, and the Directorate of Literacy and National Languages in Senegal for its National Education Programme for Illiterate Youth and Adults through
youth, particularly girls and women — is awarded to laureates
in South Africa, India, and Senegal: The South African Department of Basic Education for its Kha Ri Gude Mass
Literacy Campaign; the Jan Shikshan Sansthan organization in Kerala, India, for its programme, Vocational Skill Development for Sustainable Development, and the Directorate of Literacy and National Languages in Senegal for its National Education Programme for Illiterate Youth and Adults throu
Literacy Campaign; the Jan Shikshan Sansthan organization
in Kerala, India, for its programme, Vocational Skill Development for Sustainable Development, and the Directorate of
Literacy and National Languages in Senegal for its National Education Programme for Illiterate Youth and Adults throu
Literacy and National Languages
in Senegal for its National Education Programme for Illiterate
Youth and Adults through
Youth and Adults through ICTs.
In this manner, the Digital Youth Network has adopted and adapted a popular social - networking feature to nudge students» activities toward a greater realization of a particular academic goal — in this case, media literac
In this manner, the Digital
Youth Network has adopted and adapted a popular social - networking feature to nudge students» activities toward a greater realization of a particular academic goal —
in this case, media literac
in this case, media
literacy.
Interested
in the academic outcomes and school experiences of bilingual and bicultural
youth, particularly their
literacy development.
Thus, to address a potentially growing educational crisis, the ECR project goal was to provide technical assistance to the Nigerian state governments, by collaboratively designing and delivering instruction
in basic
literacy, numeracy and social and emotional learning to IDP children and
youth.
Examples of such courses include seminars
in comprehension research;
youth literacy, culture, and identity;
literacy as cultural practice; and early
literacy development.
Analyzing parenting
youth's participation
in school - sponsored civic engagement activities and the role of
literacy in their development as active members of their communities.
Documenting and analyzing
youth cultural, identity, and
literacy practices to inform the development of opportunities to learn for adolescents
in underserved communities.
She is also a research associate on the National Panel on the Development of
Literacy in Language Minority Children and Youth, a panel funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive, evidence - based review of the research literature on the development of literacy among language minority children an
Literacy in Language Minority Children and
Youth, a panel funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive, evidence - based review of the research literature on the development of literacy among language minority children and y
Youth, a panel funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive, evidence - based review of the research literature on the development of
literacy among language minority children an
literacy among language minority children and
youthyouth.
The Rendell Center for Civics and Civics Engagement leveraged strategies and concepts from the fields of civic education, student voice, and distributed leadership to build a
youth - adult school governance system and schoolwide civic
literacy curriculum at Edwin M. Stanton Elementary School
in the School District of Philadelphia.
Her research focuses on the language and
literacy practices of Latino / a
youth in nontraditional learning spaces such as afterschool programs and community centers.
The excerpt below, taken from my recent book, Reaching and Teaching Students
in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap (Teachers College Press, 2013), describes what I call Equity
Literacy, a framework first used by my super-genius colleague, Katy Swalwell, to describe a kind of literacy youth should learn in
Literacy, a framework first used by my super-genius colleague, Katy Swalwell, to describe a kind of
literacy youth should learn in
literacy youth should learn
in school.
She has brought
in IDRA's Coca - Cola Valued
Youth Program and has a partnership with Lehman College to bolster both
literacy learning and exposure to college for students, many of whom may not have seen graduation and college as a possibility.
This book was created as a summary of the full volume, Developing
Literacy in Second - Language Learners, reporting the findings of the National
Literacy Panel on language - minority children and
youth.
In this prestigious event, Junior Achievement will be honoring influential, visionary leaders (individual or organizations) from the business community that have made a significant impact, created new opportunities, and elevated the educational landscape for youth in their communities in regards to financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work - readines
In this prestigious event, Junior Achievement will be honoring influential, visionary leaders (individual or organizations) from the business community that have made a significant impact, created new opportunities, and elevated the educational landscape for
youth in their communities in regards to financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work - readines
in their communities
in regards to financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work - readines
in regards to financial
literacy, entrepreneurship and work - readiness.
They include a «Later to
Literacy» program that supports the literacy needs of ESL students; the «Village of Attachment,» where staff, families, and community members create a web of support around the most vulnerable students; «Youth in Transitions,» an after - school program that works closely with students alongside their parents; and «PAWS,» a program designed to help immigrant students who entered the school system late in their high school years develop fundamental skills for
Literacy» program that supports the
literacy needs of ESL students; the «Village of Attachment,» where staff, families, and community members create a web of support around the most vulnerable students; «Youth in Transitions,» an after - school program that works closely with students alongside their parents; and «PAWS,» a program designed to help immigrant students who entered the school system late in their high school years develop fundamental skills for
literacy needs of ESL students; the «Village of Attachment,» where staff, families, and community members create a web of support around the most vulnerable students; «
Youth in Transitions,» an after - school program that works closely with students alongside their parents; and «PAWS,» a program designed to help immigrant students who entered the school system late
in their high school years develop fundamental skills for success.
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Youth Care Forum Child Care
in Practice Child Development Child Language Teaching and Therapy Childhood Education Children & Schools Children's Literature
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Literacy Communique Community & Junior College Libraries Community College Enterprise Community College Journal Community College Journal of Research and Practice Community College Review Community
Literacy Journal Comparative Education Comparative Education Review Comparative Professional Pedagogy Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education Composition Forum Composition Studies Computer Assisted Language Learning Computer Science Education Computers
in the Schools Contemporary Education Dialogue Contemporary Educational Technology Contemporary Issues
in Early Childhood Contemporary Issues
in Education Research Contemporary Issues
in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal) Contemporary School Psychology Contributions to Music Education Counselor Education and Supervision Creativity Research Journal Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership Critical Inquiry
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in Education Cultural Studies of Science Education Current Issues
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in Health and Physical Education Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences
Mozilla recently launched a two - month long «Maker Party» celebration to promote web
literacy and internet learning for
youth to be successful
in careers
in the 21st century.
He is very involved
in the community, dedicating time and energy to the Mayor's Forum on
Youth and Education, YMCA Adult
Literacy Program and Metropolitan Area Committee, among other things.
Equity
in education, teacher education, content and / or disciplinary
literacy, content and language integrated learning (CLIL), multi-lingualism and schooling, evaluation of learning, Systemic Functional Linguistics and educational linguistics, discourse analysis, queer theory, linguistic diversity among students with special needs, (auto) ethnography, and
youth culture
G rowing concern for the
literacy abilities of
youth in the U.S. has focused attention on issues of early reading curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
He has developed, implemented and supported key legislation, policies and programs related to various issues such as educational opportunity and academic outcome improvements; mentoring, leadership and
literacy support for targeted Milwaukee
youth; poverty; neighborhood revitalization; job creation, opportunity, quality and security for Milwaukee residents; and the development, success and achievement of young men of color
in Milwaukee.
Prior to those positions, she was a founding staff member at READ Alliance, a
literacy and
youth development organization which grew to become a thriving nonprofit serving thousands of New York City students
in partnership with dozens of K - 12 schools.
The goal is to develop a love of reading
in our
youth that leads to lifelong
literacy.
As we have worked
in the field of
youth media for the past 15 years — refining our strategies for media making, technology integration, and project - based learning
in informal and formal settings — we have learned that with the right supports, educators anywhere can facilitate meaningful activities that promote media
literacy and empower
youth to create media with purpose.
Her research interests revolve around the intersection between the
literacies and texts
youth are asked to learn
in the disciplines (particularly
in science and social studies) and the
literacies and texts they experience outside of school.
Achieve3000 is the leading
literacy solution
in blended learning programs today, specializing
in cloud - based, differentiated learning solutions for school - aged
youth as well as adult learners.
OregonASK is currently facilitating a cohort of programs utilizing web
literacy resources to facilitate upper elementary and middle school aged
youth in developing 21st Century Skills.
Developing
Literacy in Second - Language Learners, the report of the National
Literacy Panel for Language Minority Children and
Youth.
Since its inception, NAZA has continuously invested
in building
youth workers» capacity to provide high - quality programming through free - of - charge trainings
in positive
youth development,
youth program quality assessment, mental health,
youth engagement, project - based learning,
literacy and more.
This online graduate certificate program offers K - 12 teachers greater background
in the development, assessment and instruction of
literacy for diverse learners, including children and
youth who speak dialects of English or are English language learners.
San Antonio
Youth Literacy will host a panel discussion Tuesday on improving literacy in Bexar County schools, funding for public schools, and other education
Literacy will host a panel discussion Tuesday on improving
literacy in Bexar County schools, funding for public schools, and other education
literacy in Bexar County schools, funding for public schools, and other education topics.
San Antonio
Youth Literacy will host a panel discussion Tuesday on improving literacy and education outcomes in Bexar County
Literacy will host a panel discussion Tuesday on improving
literacy and education outcomes in Bexar County
literacy and education outcomes
in Bexar County schools.
on Education of girls and
youth literacy varies widely
in Africa, new educational data on developing nations
Brooke Newberry (early
literacy librarian, LaCrosse [Wisc.] Public Library), Stephanie C. Prato (head of children's services, Simsbury [Conn.] Public Library), and Mary Schreiber (
youth collection development specialist, Cuyahoga County [Ohio] Public Library) set out to clarify the revised standards for the under - 18 months, 18 — 24 months, and 2 — 5 years groups, and provide actionable tips
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