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Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services. The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) is a human services organization committed to the development of the Arab American community. ACCESS helps low-income families, as well as newly arrived immigrants adapt to life in the United States.
The nonprofit organization was founded in 1989 [1] by Sharon Darling as the National Center for Family Literacy. [2] The mission of the NCFL is "to eradicate poverty through educational solutions" and resources that "empower" families. [1] The organization seeks to alter generational poverty by uniting parents and their children as learners ...
Wayne County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2020, the United States Census placed its population at 1,793,561, making it the 19th-most populous county in the United States. [4] The county seat is Detroit. [5] The county was founded in 1796 and organized in 1815. [1]
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy is a non-profit organization, headquartered in Washington D.C., supporting literacy as fundamental to the success of both families and the U.S. economy. The foundation promotes access to resources to build a stronger, more equitable America through literacy. [1]
Patricia A. Edwards, a member of the Reading Hall of Fame, [1] is a Distinguished Professor [2][3] of Language and Literacy in the Department of Teacher Education and a Senior University Outreach Fellow at Michigan State University. [2][4] She is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in parent involvement, home-school-community ...
May 28—May 29 and 30, Ector County ISD will host the 2nd annual Ignite Your Light with the Power of Literacy conference, a free professional learning event for ECISD teachers. More than 500 ...
The roots of family literacy as an educational method come from the belief that “the parent is the child’s first teacher.” [1] Studies have demonstrated that adults who have a higher level of education tend to not only become productive citizens with enhanced social and economic capacity in society, [2] but their children are more likely to be successful in school. [3]
Literacy. v. t. e. Functional illiteracy consists of reading and writing skills that are inadequate "to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills beyond a basic level". [1] Those who read and write only in a language other than the predominant language of their environs may also be considered functionally illiterate. [2]