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- 2011 Verizon Foundation Grant Funds Literacy Texas
- America’s Most Literate Cities, 2011
- Census Finds Houston Lags in Education
- Congratulations to the WorkReady! RFP Award Winners
- Four Community Programs Receive Funding From Literacy Texas
- GED 21st Century Initiative: Moving from GED® test to a career and college ready assessment system
- Interagency Literacy Council Literacy Texas Testimony
- Literacy Texas 2011 Adult Learner of the Year
- Literacy Texas 2011 Volunteer of the Year Award
- Literacy Texas Calendar
- LITERACY TEXAS CHAMPIONS OF LITERACY AWARD
- Literacy Texas Honored as One of the 50 Champions of Literacy
- Literacy Texas Partners with ProLiteracy for U.S. Conference on Adult Literacy
- National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week 2011
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- Reading is BIG in Texas
- Senate Funding Update from ProLiteracy
- TALAE Recognizes Literacy Texas Board Member, Jon Engel, as Texas Adult Education Admin of the Year
- The First Lady’s Family Literacy Initiative for Texas - Grant Competition Announcement
- Time Is the Enemy: An In Depth Look at College Graduation Rates
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- WorkReady! Training Opportunity
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WorkReady! Training Opportunity
Literacy Texas invites you to submit a proposal for a WorkReady! Training in your community. The Verizon Foundation has funded a grant to Literacy Texas to provide the workforce literacy program, WorkReady! for instructors in four Texas communities. WorkReady! is a unique workforce readiness training manual and training tool developed for the traditionally underserved group of adult learners who are currently enrolled in literacy programs such as Adult Basic Education, GED preparedness or English as a Second Language. It guides administrators, instructors, tutors and students of community-based literacy programs through a process of infusing workforce literacy into the standard literacy curriculum.
TALAE Recognizes Literacy Texas Board Member, Jon Engel, as Texas Adult Education Admin of the Year
Literacy Texas applauds Jon Engel on the TALAE recognition as 2012 Texas Adult Education Administrator of the Year. The Literacy Texas Board of Directors is honored to have Jon serving as a member of our Board and appreciates his time and expertise to champion better services for adult learners across Texas.
America’s Most Literate Cities, 2011
Central Connecticut State University released their annual America’s Most Literate Cities study. This study focuses on six key indicators of literacy: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment, and Internet resources.
The First Lady’s Family Literacy Initiative for Texas - Grant Competition Announcement
The First Lady’s Family Literacy Initiative for Texas - Grant Competition Announcement TCALL is pleased to announce the annual grant competition of The First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas, a program of The Barbara Bush Texas Fund for Family Literacy. Two grant opportunities are now available. Family Literacy Program Implementation Grants Up to ten Implementation Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to Texas organizations Family Literacy Program Planning Grants
Time Is the Enemy: An In Depth Look at College Graduation Rates
Complete College of America has compiled data about the graduation rates of students from 33 states, including Texas. 10 million students are included in the overall study and the results are startling.
Senate Funding Update from ProLiteracy
Earlier this week, a Senate subcommittee approved a FY '12 funding bill for education, health, and labor programs. There are several additional steps that will occur in the Senate and House before a final bill is signed into law by President Obama.
Census Finds Houston Lags in Education
More than one in four adults — and more than 40 percent of Hispanics — don’t have a high school diploma. That’s higher than the state average, and far higher than the national average of 14.4 percent.
Literacy Texas Honored as One of the 50 Champions of Literacy
In celebration of 50 years of service, Literacy Instruction for Texas (LIFT) honored 50 Champions of Literacy on September 7, 2011. Literacy Texas was one of the champions selected as an organization that is helping the Dallas-Fort Worth Area raise its literacy rate.
Literacy Texas 2011 Adult Learner of the Year
We were proud to present Victor Moreno with the Adult Learner of the Year Award at the Literacy Texas Conference on August 8, 2011.
Literacy Texas 2011 Volunteer of the Year Award
We were proud to present Lupe Moreno with the Volunteer of the Year Award at the Literacy Texas Conference on August 8, 2011.
GED 21st Century Initiative: Moving from GED® test to a career and college ready assessment system
The GED 21st Century Initiative will transform the GED® test into a comprehensive program that will prepare more adult learners for postsecondary education, training, and careers. The program’s structure includes three major components which are labeled Prepare, Perform and Progress.
National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week 2011
Resources and ideas to help you prepare to raise awareness during National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week 2011
LITERACY TEXAS CHAMPIONS OF LITERACY AWARD
Literacy Texas is pleased to honor 10 Champions of Literacy on Tuesday, August 9, at 11:30 a.m., in conjunction with the annual Literacy Texas Conference. 2011 marks the tenth anniversary for Literacy Texas. In the beginning, the name was the Texas Association of Adult Literacy Councils. What started as an organization serving adults through literacy councils – bringing together community and faith-based programs using approaches from Laubach Literacy and Literacy Volunteers of America -- has now become a statewide coalition across the age spectrum. Literacy Texas marks this anniversary by highlighting the literacy achievements of ten very special recipients.
Four Community Programs Receive Funding From Literacy Texas
Congratulations to Each One Teach One, San Antonio; East Side University Village Community Learning Center, Houston; South Texas Literacy Coalition, Edinburg and the Tarrant Literacy Coalition, Ft. Worth for winning the funding from Literacy Texas to host McGraw-Hill Companies’ Financial Fitness Festivals. Each of these organizations will receive $3,500 in reimbursements for expenses associated with their Festival.
2011 Verizon Foundation Grant Funds Literacy Texas
Verizon Foundation Grant Funds Literacy Texas to Provide WorkReady! Training Designed to Help Low-Literacy Learners Get Better Jobs: The unemployment rate for people in the lowest literacy level is 14.7% compared with 4.9% for those at the highest levels.
2011 Literacy Texas GED Position Statement
Literacy Texas recognizes the challenges across the education system to produce a prepared workforce for the future needs of Texas. One of the most important steps for adults to move into a job with a living wage is passing the General Education Development (GED) Exam.
Literacy Texas Partners with ProLiteracy for U.S. Conference on Adult Literacy
Literacy Texas is pleased to announce its partnership with ProLiteracy and 21 regional and national organizations representing business, safety, volunteers, and workforce development to launch the first U.S. Conference on Adult Literacy, Nov. 2-5, 2011 in Houston, Texas.
Congratulations to the WorkReady! RFP Award Winners
Literacy Texas congratulates the WorkReady! RFP Award Winners: Literacy Advance of Houston, the South Texas Literacy Coalition and the Plano Family Literacy Program. Literacy Texas is pleased to announce that the Verizon Foundation funded workforce literacy program, WorkReady! training and training manual for teachers, will benefit these three Texas communities in May and June of this year.
Interagency Literacy Council Literacy Texas Testimony
Read Literacy Texas' testimony to the Interagency Literacy Council on December 8, 2010.
2011 Literacy Texas Conference
The Literacy Texas Annual Conference is designed to meet the needs of a broad cross-section of organizations that provide literacy services from the small all-volunteer organization to the larger organizations with numerous paid staff. The conference features workshops of wide-ranging topics for your professional development. Literacy and adult education programs, community-based organizations that provide literacy services, literacy coalitions, libraries, faith-based literacy programs and family literacy programs -- executive directors, program managers, administrators, board members, volunteers, teachers and tutors.
2011 The Return on Investment (ROI) From Adult Education and Training
The McGraw-Hill Research Foundation recently released a report that analyzed the effect of education on state and local economies, Texas included. The current sharp focus on deficit reduction in Washington, DC, and in state capitals around the country obscures the very real economic benefits U.S. society derives from its public investment in adult education and workforce development programs.
