Nov 23, 2012 | DM News Blog
So strong is the link between literacy and being a useful member of society that some states use grade-level reading statistics as a factor in projecting future prison construction. – Bob Chase, President, National Education Association...
Nov 9, 2012 | DM News Blog
Since 1983, more than 10 million Americans reached the 12th grade without having learned to read at a basic level. In the same period, more than 6 million Americans dropped out of high school altogether. – A Nation Still at Risk, U.S. Department of Education,...
Mar 10, 2009 | DM News Blog
Here is an article about the vast sums of money being spent on adult literacy: Government pledges £1billion It makes Easyread look pretty good value! The results achieved by adult literacy programmes are usually pitiful. They are almost always based on a weekly or...
Jan 14, 2009 | DM News Blog
Here is an article about the link between poor literacy and crime: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article5513297.ece I originally got involved in literacy through working in the Shannon Trust, which gets literate prison inmates to teach their...
Oct 3, 2008 | DM News Blog
Here is an interesting post about the influence of genes on dyslexia: Faulty Gene “is the link to dyslexia” Of course, I think this view of the world misses the point really. We know that our genes have a big influence on these things.  So to find an...
