Literacy in the Media

State:

Georgia GED May 22, 2008 posted on GED-ONLINE.com.

Lanier Tech GED Graduation Held May 20, 2008 posted on Assessnorthga.com.

Gwinnett Tech Honors Leading Adult Education Student; Technical College System Names EAGLE Recipients March 10, 2008 in The Weekly.

Learning English as a Second Language February 12, 2008 in The Post-Searchlight by Carolyn Iamon.

A Lifetime of Learning February 11, 2008 posted on the AlbanyHerald.com by Ashley Hindsman.

Army Okays Recruiting Bonus to H.S. Grads February 5, 2008 posted on NPR.org by John McChesney.

At Random: HN Darquita Thomas February 3, 2008 in The Valdosta Daily Times by Kari L. Sands.

Georgia Underfunding Adult Education Study Shows January 11, 2008 in the Savannah Morning News by Walter C. Jones.

National News:

Americans Lacking in Health Literacy posted May 19, 2008 on Canada.com by Terri Coles , Reuters.

It's Back To School For Local Senior posted on May 14, 2008 on suffolklife.com by Karen Forman

Army Gets Fewer High School Grads in 07 January 22, 2008 posted on PeoplePCNEWS.com.

To access the full "Military Recruiting" report, click here.

World News:

UNESCO helps measure information literacy among residents of an Indian metropolitan city June 5, 2008 posted on UNESCO's website.

UNESCO Baku Office to Pay Special Attention to Literacy Problem: Ambassador February 5, 2008 posted on the Trend New website.

Archived Articles

Google Alerts:

Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. This can be a good way to keep up with news about adult literacy without having to "surf" the web. You can easily define the topics you would like, whether to explore the web, news stories or both, and the frequency of alerts. The following screen captures will show you how to sign up for the alerts.

Go to Google and click on News::



Click on News Alert:



You will see this screen where you can register for the service and create email alerts:



You will then receive an email that will confirm your registration when you respond. Below is and example of the results of a news alert for "Adult Literacy" Georgia.