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• n  the ability to read and write

• Against the backdrop of these genuine horrors, literacy programs and micro-financing for young women's employment look like a rather feeble response.
• It's not true that Oprah Winfrey's book club was the most important development in the history of literacy.
• The national literacy rate of girls over seven years is 54%, compared to 75% for boys.

• illiteracy

News & Articles

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• Literacy Green Bay uses grant to boost classes
  Literacy Green Bay will use a $6,000 grant to help teach non-English-speaking adults basic language skills.
  June 13, 2013 - Green Bay Press-Gazette
• Literacy effort expands scope in Chambersburg
  People who need literacy tutoring now have a more accessible facility to visit in downtown Chambersburg. Franklin County Literacy Council, under Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12, officially opened its Family Literacy Center at 256 S. Main St. on Tuesday.
  June 12, 2013 - Chambersburg Public Opinion
• Literacy Council offering free computer classes
  Rockford's Literacy Council is offering two free four-week classes, one on basic computer knowledge, and the other on job skills.
  June 11, 2013 - WREX-TV Rockford

Quotes

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• Elena Kagan in The Associated Press
  We are in a fight for our lives on the testing initiative,Kagan wrote. "We cannot waste Sept. 8 on a sweetness-and-light literacy event. We're all going to have to work together to make this problem disappear."
• Alan Rosenberg in FOXNews
  His long and quiet devotion to advancing literacy, the arts and humanities on a national and local scale deserves our appreciation,Rosenberg said Thursday.
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Guardian Unlimited
  After all the hard work getting rid of literacy tests and poll taxes, we've got to stay awake because we've got a march to continue,Clinton said in a speech interrupted numerous times by applause and shouts of approval. "How can we rest...