How are you celebrating National Family Literacy Day®?
Friday, November 1, is National Family Literacy Day® – are you joining us in The Big Give for Families Learning? For just 24 hours, we’re hosting a challenge to see how much support we can garner for literacy and learning in communities nationwide. We want to make a BIG impact, and in order for this… Read more »
Families Need Your Voice on November 1
November 1, 2013, is National Family Literacy Day® and to celebrate this important day of awareness and to kick-off National Family Literacy Month®, NCFL will be launching The Big Give for Families Learning – an exciting and unprecedented fundraising challenge to raise money for family learning programs and services. The #NCFLBigGive is designed to motivate… Read more »
Study finds U.S. adults lag behind in job skills
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) recently surveyed adults from around the world and found American adults lag many peer countries when it comes to job skills. Funded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the extensive survey, released on October 8, analyzed adults in 23 countries in literacy and… Read more »
Five Fast Homework Tips for Everyone
Like it or not, homework isn’t just for students and teachers. Recently NCFL asked parents the question many may be embarrassed to answer – are you ever unable to help your kids with their homework? Our survey revealed that nearly 50 percent of parents (49.1 percent)* admit they struggle providing homework help, and nearly half… Read more »
Father and son learn and grow together through FACE Program
Meet Henry, a Native American enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. He and his wife, Darlene, have a son, Adam, who is in first grade. Henry was honorably discharged from the United States Army Operation Iraqi Freedom. Henry’s mission since Adam’s birth has been to be a good father and a role model for Adam…. Read more »
9-year-old TFLP student creates backyard summer learning program
Like cookouts and hot weather, summer school is a typical part of the season. But there was nothing common about a Los Angeles program started in 2012 in the back yard of an inner-city neighborhood. The creator and teacher was a nine-year-old Toyota Family Literacy Program (TFLP) student named Jose Escobedo, who spent six weeks… Read more »
Online course helps adult educators unpack classroom standards
The adoption of the Common Core State Standards in nearly every state has prompted the need for guidance in implementing standards in the classroom. The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) offers online training for adult educators in unpacking the standards for classroom instruction. “Getting Started with Standards-Based Education” is a six-week, facilitated online course… Read more »
Families share learning and wondering at Camp What-A-Wonder
Children and their families enjoyed learning together at public libraries this summer. The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) collaborated with the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives to pilot a library program aimed at increasing libraries’ family education efforts during the critical out‐of‐school summer months. Sponsored by Better World Books, 10 libraries across Kentucky… Read more »
It’s official! The National Conference on Family Literacy is headed to the capital!
At the 2013 Conference, we all adopted the mantra of EepyBird: Be obsessive! Be Stubborn! Be Extreme! What will be our mantra next year? Join us to find out February 17-19, 2014, at the nation’s largest family and community literacy conference to be held in Washington, D.C. Gather with family literacy professionals, educators, researchers, advocates,… Read more »
Online courses in family literacy offered fall 2013
The Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy at Penn State University (PSU), a partner of NCFL, announces two post-baccalaureate online courses for the Family Literacy Certificate to be offered fall semester, 2013. The courses are offered through the PSU World Campus and begin September 4 and end December 4. These two courses comprise half of… Read more »