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Promoting Literacy for More Peaceful, Just and Sustainable Societies

International Literacy Day 2023 will be celebrated on 8 September under the theme “Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable and peaceful societies”. The ...
The Daily Free Press

BU Wheelock and Greater Boston seek to improve childhood literacy through collaboration

With childhood literacy rates in jeopardy, there’s a point where the education of future educators becomes a little more complicated. The Massachusetts state legislature advanced a bill Wednesday ...
Mashable

6 ways you can help support the right to literacy around the world

Two sisters work on their schoolwork at a local school in Gudjerat, India. About 70 percent of women in Gudjerat can read and write, while literacy rates for men are at 87 percent. Credit: Gideon ...
Health Affairs

To Advance Health Equity, Make Health Literacy A Priority At The Organizational Level

Health plans and health care organizations need comprehensive strategies to address low/limited health literacy as a foundational contributor to health inequities. Low or limited health literacy is a ...
The Conversation

Every teacher needs to be a literacy teacher – but that’s not happening in most Australian schools

We know literacy is important. Unfortunately, many Australian students move through the years of schooling without achieving the literacy they need for essential daily activities. When we think about ...