Results List
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The writing is on the wall for child literacy
Source: Irish Examiner
By Eleanor McCloreyChild literacy is not a priority on the political or public agenda. This must change, writes Eleanor McClorey IT’S time to spell it out — Ireland has a child literacy emergency. One afternoon last month four children from Ballymun were collected from primary…
Resource type: News
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Put Reading Power First says youngballymun
Source: Youngballymun
We have a national literacy emergency as well as an economic emergency - and one won’t be fixed without the other - is the message of youngballymun, making its election call to all political parties to put reading power first. Launching its 2011 Literacy Manifesto,…
Resource type: News
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Childhood Development Initiative’s Doodle Den Literacy Programme
Source: Centre for Effective Education at Queen’s University Belfast
An after-school literacy programme that employs engaging activities and involves parents is an effective approach to bolster the reading and writing skills of disadvantaged children. The Doodle Den programme also made a positive impact on improving concentration and reducing problem behaviours in school, according to…
Resource type: Research Report
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Caroline’s Story: How Early Literacy Programme Helped Her Children
“The first time I went to Storysacks®, me and the other parents were read to with squeaky voices and loud noises - the way we were supposed to be reading to our kids! When we were read to like that, we understood.” -- Caroline Walker,…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Programme Identifies How to Improve Children’s Literacy in Disadvantaged Communities
Source: Childhood Development Initiative
A major research programme has identified an effective approach to improve children’s literacy in disadvantaged communities – and recommended this approach become available to other communities wanting to improve early childhood literacy. Launching the Evaluation Report of Doodle Den, a children’s literacy programme run in…
Resource type: News
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Challenge to Our Workforce: Young Adults and Low Literacy
Source: New York Nonprofit Press
Original Source by Peter Kleinbard Nearly 70% of youth who drop out of school have very poor literacy and other core skills. Indeed, this is the primary reason why they leave school. Yet most funding for dropouts is targeted to those who are most job…
Resource type: News
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Caroline’s Story: How Early Literacy Programme Helped Her Children
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
At Storysacks® classes, parents learn how to make reading fun and instil a love of books in their children. Storysacks is a language and literacy development programme facilitated by youngballymun, an organisation that is working to improve learning and physical and mental well-being for children…
Resource type: Video
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Intensive after school programme aims to improve childhood literacy
Source: RTE Radio 1
The Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative (TWCDI) runs an intensive after school programme, Doodle Den that aims to improve childhood literacy in Tallaght West, a Dublin suburb.Listen to the interview with children taking part in the Doodle Den programme >>(TWCDI segment starts at 1:39:45)The Tallaght…
Resource type: News
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Literacy Volunteers of America – Tompkins County
$15,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Literacy, Inc.
$20,000
Resource type: Grantee
