School-leavers might be tech-savvy but they are increasingly entering the workplace without basic numerical and literacy skills, employers have warned. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and ...

Secondary-school graduates might be tech-savvy but they are increasingly entering the workplace without basic numerical and literacy skills, employers have warned. The Confederation of British ...

Worldwide, at least 773 million people now lack basic literacy skills; tailoring the teaching of reading to the individual makes learning more fun, so that literacy becomes a passport instead of a ...

There has been a longstanding discussion in the reading wars since the 1950s, when the novel “Why Johnny Can’t Read” ...

IPOH: In an effort to strengthen basic literacy skills among pupils, the state government has expanded the Propulih Programme to include not only lower secondary pupils but also primary school pupils.

This spring a federal appeals court ruled that all children have a constitutional right to a “basic minimum education,” defined as “an education sufficient to provide access to a foundational level of ...

Since 1986, Literacy Outreach has worked on helping adults in need of basic English literacy instruction and other skills. “We train volunteers to help those in need,” said Martha Fredenall, the ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Around 22% of residents in Palm Beach County aged 16 and older lack basic literacy skills, according to the National Center for Education Statistics 2023 estimate. The ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twenty-nine percent of American adults performed at the lowest level for numeracy on a major international study, according to a new report released today by the National ...

In a decrepit classroom in the northern Iraqi city of Hawija, men in their 20s and 30s sit chanting the Arabic alphabet. Dressed in green military camouflage uniforms, they are part of the Awakening ...

Dear reader, today is World Literacy Day. You know what that means don’t you? It is the day people examine themselves and seek a genuine answer to the question: how would I like to be that man or ...