National Adult Literacy Database

The longitudinal study, published in the journal Child Development, was carried out by researchers at the University of Missouri, Columbia, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Vermont.

Closing date for applications is noon CST Friday August 17, 2012. This job is a full-time position that ensures the efficiency and effectiveness of Literacy Partners of Manitoba (LPM) day to day operations, including entering and tracking financial data in accounting systems, preparing and submitting financial claims and reports to a variety of funders, providing administration support, customer/client support and required Human Resources support.

The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games offer an excellent opportunity for parents and children to cheer on their favourite athletes while practising literacy skills.

Newfoundland and Labrador's Department of Education has developed new online resources to provide more information on early childhood learning and development to parents, caregivers, and professionals who work with children and families.

The city of Port Harcourt was chosen “on account of the quality of its program, in particular its focus on youth and the impact it will have on improving Nigeria’s culture of books, reading, writing and publishing to improve literacy rates,” according to the Selection Committee. Montreal was the city of choice for 2005.

In the context of ongoing discussions on early childhood learning and development, provincial and territorial ministers of education have released a statement on the intrinsic value of play-based learning and its central role in the formative years of young learners.

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada has awarded $199,721 to support a partnership project that targets university students at risk for academic difficulties because of a history of unidentified reading difficulties. NALD is part of the project’s knowledge dissemination team.

NALD will continue to provide web hosting on its servers free of charge for non-profit customers focused primarily on community or adult literacy and essential skills. However, we will no longer be undertaking design, redesign, development or maintenance of websites.

Islanders with a disability or illness who are unable to get to their local library branch can have the joy of reading delivered directly to their own homes, thanks to the new Home Library Service.

Research conducted by the Barbara Mitchell Centre for Improvement in Education will explore practical solutions to the challenges parents face as they pursue the best possible education for their children. National in scope, the Centre will initially focus on three areas: improvement in teacher effectiveness, improvement in essential curricula, and increased school choice for families.

Here are three literacy ideas all based on the theme of the Olympic Torch Relay. You can read about how a school held its own Torch Relay event; try writing a shape poem in the shape of a Torch; or role-play a thrilling story about a surprise hidden in a box – you can even make up your own ending to the story.

"Poor financial literacy is the result of mismanaging money under the guise of greed and inflated desires. Emotions overpower logical thinking and this produces poor decision-making related to spending. We need to comprehend financial literacy, rather than pursuing a routine of managing and mismanaging money the rest of our lives."

Jayne Hunter, who has a master's degree in adult education with a focus on adult literacy, began her career with Literacy Nova Scotia in 2003 as a learner co-ordinator. She has held several positions within the organization including most recently the director of programs.

Each month NALD releases Library user statistics in a feature known as the Top 20 downloads/20 Plus téléchargés. The report examines the number of NALD Library documents, in both English and French, which are viewed and downloaded by visitors to the websites NALD and BDAA.

Essential Skills Ontario is currently working on releasing a series of research briefs that carries on the conversation first addressed in our widely received Menial No More report, in order to examine the challenges and opportunities in training adults without a high school diploma