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Columbus Literacy

@OhioLiteracy

The Columbus Literacy Council is dedicated to increasing the level of functional literacy of adults reading below an 8th grade level. Retweets not endorsement.

 Columbus, Ohio
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Joined August 2012
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FREE Self-paced course to help #adulted students use the computer digitalliteracyassessment.or…
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Literacy Speaks@LiteracySpeaks1 Apr 2013
Idioms for April Fool's! fb.me/2iu7L5vPu
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The Council urges you to contact your elected officials in order to preserve the charitable deduction. conta.cc/10P5zll
Barbara Bush- National Family Literacy Month: Setting an example for ourselves and the world @BarbaraBushFdt wp.me/pS9uQ-Ar

Barbara Bush- National Family Literacy Month: Setting an example for ourselves and the world

Americans reacted with shock and sadness when they learned of the Taliban’s attempted assassination of young Malala Yousafzai, a brave, visionary 14-year-old Pakistani girl whose only so-called off…

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RT @jimharmon 50 Popular iPad Apps For Struggling Readers & Writers via @Spectronics #adedu | @scoopit sco.lt/83kdXt
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Congratulations to Council Staff Member Vilvi Vannak for being selected to present at the Ohio TESOL Conference! conta.cc/SVLjcb
Emotional Literacy: The Elephant in the Room for Adult Learners and Programs ow.ly/eG1k0
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RT @edutopia "To help our students become writers, we need to write side by side with them." bit.ly/ziX2Yf #whatiwrite #nwp

Do You Write with Your Students?

Blogger Rebecca Alber shares how writing and reading with your students can make a difference.

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Literacy skills are a stronger predictor of an individual’s health status than age, income, employment, education, or racial/ethnic group.
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More than 66% of US adults age 60 and over have either inadequate or marginal literacy skills.
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How Adult Education Can Help Close the Skills Gap ow.ly/eFHhv
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A Choice Literacy podcast with Jeff Anderson choiceliteracy.com/articles-…
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RT @ESL_Education Inspiring story on resilience of immigrant youth & the value of education! bit.ly/R4XN2T
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ProLiteracy@ProLiteracy28 Sep 2012
Interested in knowing how adult #literacy breaks down by gender in select countries? View here: facebook.com/ProLitWorld
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Literacy Partners@LitPartners26 Sep 2012
Literacy of mothers improves family life from @UN @UNESCO bit.ly/TxEyPK
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Literacy Partners@LitPartners26 Sep 2012
Of the 93M adults in the US w/basic or below basic #literacy levels, 30M are parents or primary caregivers of children ages 0-8 #FamilyLit
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One learner writes, "I came to America in order to find safety and stability and have my freedom to express opinions as a human being..."
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43% of adults at Level 1 literacy skills live in poverty compared to only 4% of those at Level 5
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Do you know of a great #adulted story? Submit it to @NCLAdvocacy ow.ly/dMuf4
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Please join us for our Leader of Literacy Cocktail Reception tomorrow, September 18, 5-7pm, @ The Venue at Dock 580 in the Smith Bros. Bldg.
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