Literacy-Related News Stories

Some of the latest literacy-related headlines you might want to peruse:

• A Hartford Story Tries to Dodge an Abrupt End
  
  • By Lary Bloom (The New York Times)
    
    • The economic crisis and drop in corporate and political support have come at a critical moment — just as efforts to address the city’s literacy rate are gaining some traction.
      
• Museum Field Trips Tailored To Teach To The Test
  
  • By Elizabeth Blair (NPR)
    
• Storybooks On Paper Better For Children Than Reading Fiction On Computer Screen, According to Expert
  
  • By ScienceDaily
    
• Va. Schools’ Enrichment: Fiscal Literacy
  
  • By Michael Birnbaum (Washington Post)
    

And finally, an opinion piece about the state of education, not literacy, entitled “End the Education Wars with a New Strategy” by Julia Steiny, is well-worth reading. It will be published in tomorrow’s Providence Journal.