National Adult Literacy Database

“We are building something that starts with Nunavut, so that the kids can see themselves, but they will also learn what they need to know about being a Canadian… and about being a global citizen,” said Cathy McGregor, director of curriculum and school services for Nunavut’s education department.

A sneak peek of a statue celebrating what would have been Northrop Frye's 100th birthday was unveiled Monday at Moncton's Capitol Theatre along with a list of authors and literary critics who will be attending this year's Frye Festival.

Springs Academy in Sheffield has banned pupils from using slang while at school to encourage better elocution and improve future job prospects.

Principles of Biology is a "born digital" textbook, with all materials designed specifically for consumption by students via browsers on desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Each of the 196 modules in the text is a self-contained learning experience, integrating text, images, interactives, and continual assessment, which feeds an automatic gradebook through which instructors can track student progress.

In today’s global economy, countries need high-quality education systems that will teach their citizens the skills necessary to meet the challenges of tomorrow. This series of videos, produced jointly by the OECD and the Pearson Foundation, highlights initiatives being taken by education authorities around the world to help school students do better.

The report outlines three steps it is felt should be taken in fiscal year 2012-13 in order to alleviate urgent funding pressures, including the need to provide funding increases to First Nations schools equal to the funding increases being provided by provinces to provincial schools.

The lesson for young writers: All good fiction begins with the creation of characters. And once you have created them, stand them upright with every syllable they speak, from story beginning to story end, as Dickens did.

Poor neighbourhoods in England are still beset by Victorian-era levels of illiteracy, the schools minister has claimed. In a speech on reading, Nick Gibb said that despite two centuries of technological and social revolution, there are "still shadows of Charles Dickens's world in our own."

The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) is offering Canadian students the chance to win one of three laptop computers while they learn about budgeting, savings, credit, debt and financial planning.

“Reading opens the door to lifelong learning,” said Nancy Allan, Manitoba's education minister. “Once a child becomes a reader, his or her life is vastly enriched. I Love to Read Month is the perfect time to develop the reading skills necessary for rewarding school and life experiences.”

High school students in Alberta will have greater opportunities to access trades and technology programs and post-secondary credits under a new approach to preparing teachers to specialize in skills training.

A group dedicated to promoting literacy in Newfoundland and Labrador is asking the provincial government why it has not released its plan for advancing adult literacy.

Financial help for Aboriginal students and extra assistance for those taking teacher training are key elements of a wide-ranging provincial plan to encourage more First Nations students to enrol in colleges and universities.

Not all francophone minority communities carry the same weight or have the same institutional support. “On the Acadian peninsula of New Brunswick and in certain regions of Ontario, people can easily obtain services in French. They have institutional support whereas in British Columbia it takes people a long time to obtain services in French. It is important to make that distinction,” says Yvon Laberge, a member of the NALD Board of Directors.

According to a recent national survey reporting on nearly 10,000 Canadian classes, one in every six students has an identified learning exceptionality. In addition, more than one in 10 students in these classes have challenges understanding the school's language of instruction. The survey, conducted by the Canadian Teachers' Federation drew responses from nearly 3,800 teachers, the largest number obtained in a CTF online survey to date.