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- 2011 Literacy Texas Conference
- 2011 Literacy Texas GED Position Statement
- 2011 The Return on Investment (ROI) From Adult Education and Training
- 2011 Verizon Foundation Grant Funds Literacy Texas
- America’s Most Literate Cities, 2011
- Apply Now For Reimbursement of Expenses to Attend the 2012 Literacy Texas Conference
- 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
- Newsletters
- ProLiteracy’s Annual Member Report
- 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
- Texas Workforce Investment Council Survey
- The First Lady’s Family Literacy Initiative for Texas - Grant Competition Announcement
- Time Is the Enemy: An In Depth Look at College Graduation Rates
- What’s New
- WorkReady! Training Opportunity
Reading is BIG in Texas Campaign
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Literacy Texas are promoting the significance of literacy in Texas with the “Reading is BIG In Texas” campaign.
Why does reading need to be BIG in Texas?
- Reading has to be BIG to overcome this statistic: Texas ranks 47 out of the 50 states in terms of English literacy levels. (US Dept. of Education)
- Texas businesses need literate workers.
- Texas needs public and private support of literacy to improve our literacy levels.
- Texas needs sustainable literacy programs and volunteers to help all those in need of literacy training.
- Literacy is an essential key to meeting our state’s pressing challenges and to reaching our greatest potential, now and in the future.
The campaign’s goal is that more policy makers, individuals, organizations and businesses than ever will be inspired to become part of the solution – literacy must become a priority in our state.
