Development of the new literacy program, called Building Blocks of Reading, has included consultation with teachers, the development of new materials and classroom pilots for kindergarten, Grade 1 ...

Promotion of adult literacy is also important because adult literacy is family literacy: when parents are engaged in improving their education, including literacy, their children benefit. Parents are ...

So, after securing a $438,800 grant from the Digital Literacy Exchange Program through Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada, the library’s Fundamental Digital Literacy Skills ...

Community-based literacy programs address local needs by offering family learning initiatives, structured curricula and ...

Structured literacy begins with teaching children to decode and blend words in a systematic manner; balanced literacy — often regarded as its rival — places importance on exposing students to ...

The presentation also profiled in brief some of the work of the Friends of the Library – dedicated volunteers who champion their local branches. For example, Bev and Claudette Marr offered several ...

A database of metrics is being developed to provide evidence-based outcomes and indicators of a successful financial literacy program against which other programs could be compared. The CBA will fund ...

A program that once helped New Brunswick Grade 2 students learn to read has shut down suddenly and without explanation after apparent financial problems.