Literacy articles
Some of these articles are original contributions by the Project Literacy team, some are contributions from partners, and some are curated from the Web, but all are going to teach you something new and different about the power of words. Enjoy browsing and remember to come back regularly to check for new additions.
This Tablet App Helps Those With Learning Disabilities Communicate Better
When Steve Jobs announced the launch of the iPad in 2010, some saw it as a fun gadget and nothing more. Yet for Zoe Peden and Andrew Jackman, Co-Founders of Insane Logic, the unique size of the iPad presented a business opportunity with vast potent...
Tackling Digital Illiteracy in Africa with a Cloud in a Box
Digital literacy is the 21st century layer to the essential human capability of communication. It’s defined as the ability to use digital technology, communication tools, or networks to locate, evaluate, use, and create information. This could mean...
Read On Get On: A New, Consistent Measure of Children's Reading
This summer’s SATs results showed that the number of 11-year-olds reading at the level expected for their age dropped sharply from 80% in 2015 to 66% in 2016. Many schools and parents were left feeling that the results did not reflect the progress ...
When Smallholder Farmers Succeed, Their Kids Go to School
Of the three billion people who live in rural areas in developing countries, two-thirds earn their livelihoods by farming small, one- to two-acre plots. Most of them live in poverty. In Kenya, even though smallholder farmers produce 63 perc...
Tackling Gender Inequality on #GivingTuesday
Giving Tuesday is an international day of giving that encourages people to think charitably before the Christmas season starts. To help celebrate Giving Tuesday, Project Literacy has collaborated with artist Jasenko Đorđević to create a series of p...
Micronutrient Intervention Keeps Kenyan Kids in School
As part of Project Literacy's aim to help innovate and provide new solutions for tackling illiteracy, we're working with 16 entrepreneurial organizations from around the world that are taking innovative approaches to helping improve literacy as par...
Lightsail and Learn: A Digital Library that Helps Kids Love Reading
As part of Project Literacy's aim to help innovate and provide new solutions for tackling illiteracy, we're working with 16 entrepreneurial organizations from around the world that are taking innovative approaches to helping improve literacy as par...
How to Get Reluctant Readers Started
Dan Freedman is the author of the Jamie Johnson series. He has visited over 1,000 schools to talk to pupils about books, reading and Going For Your Goals. Here Dan tells us what he's learned about helping students that are reluctant to and read wha...
Closing the Achievement Gap by Making Teachers Superheroes
By 2020, the United States economy will support 123 million high-skilled and high-wage jobs, yet only 50 million people will be qualified to fill those roles. Such a vast skills gap is a product of the achievement gap in the country, define...
Transforming the U.S. Prison System, One Tablet at a Time
As part of Project Literacy's aim to help innovate and provide new solutions for tackling illiteracy, we're working with 16 entrepreneurial organizations from around the world that are taking innovative approaches to helping improve literacy as par...
#ReadUp: A Call-to-Action for Education and Literacy
First Book and Pearson, the world’s learning company, are encouraging America to #ReadUp as part of their campaign dedicated to raising the importance of literacy in the week leading up to Election Day. The campaign will unlock funds for new books ...
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
What is a word? It may seem like a simple question with an easy, dictionary definition answer: “an element of speech or writing.” However, some world travelers and communication experts believe words extend beyond the literal and into the realm of ...