NAAL and Media
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MEDIA AND THE NAAL (as of 8:00 A.M.12/19/05)
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NATIONAL
USDOE 12/15
http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2005/12/12152005.html
The full AP story (12/16) by Ben Feller, the reporter who asked several questions at the press conference yesterday: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ADULT_LITERACY?SITE=NHPOR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Includes a link to the report itself.
Black Enterprise
Study: Degrees Up, Skills Down
12/19/05
Cincinnati Post
By Liz Bowie
http://tinyurl.com/8j7cf
Christian Science Monitor
See Spot run befuddles fewer Americans. A literacy survey of US adults, the first in 13 years, shows modest gains overall - but uneven progress among minorities. By Patrik Jonsson. Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. 12/16.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1216/p02s01-legn.html
investors.com
12/16
http://tinyurl.com/95sjw
New York Times
12/16
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/education/16literacy.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc
Salon
12/16
http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8EH3LLGA.html
USA Today
12/16
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20051216/1a_bottomstrip16.art.htm
Washington Post
12/15
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/15/AR2005121500863.html
STATES
Arizona
AZ Republic
12/16
"College graduates' literacy declines"
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/1216literacy16.html
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
http://tinyurl.com/76fa7
California
A Question/of literacy
12/19/05
The Lompoc record
http://tinyurl.com/c23nl
Connecticut
Report: Hispanics lag behind in literacy
Vesna Jaksic, Staff Writer
12/18/05
http://tinyurl.com/88ydv
Waterbury Republican-American, has an AP release
Delaware
Study: 23 million adults in U.S. Can’t read
By MIKE CHALMERS
The News Journal
12/19/2005
http://tinyurl.com/92kwu
Indiana
Indystar
12/17
http://tinyurl.com/9bb4q
And low reading scores for the adults, too
12/19/05
Indiana Journal and Courier
http://tinyurl.com/db9cg
Kentucky
Family Literacy Programs Targeting Hispanics Prove Successful While Bridging the Learning Gap Still Needs Concerted Effort, Attention
PR Newswire
12/15
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=27263&cat=PR+Newswire&more=/pr_newswire/
Kentucky's adult literacy comparable to nation
WHAS 11
12/16/05
http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/121505ccklrWHAS.13b2ec21.html
Literacy Levels of Kentucky Adults Comparable to Those in Other States, Study Says
Northern Kentucky Challenger
12/19/05
http://tinyurl.com/9arql
Maryland
College graduates' cognitive skills sink
12/18
Liz Bowie
Baltimore Sun
http://tinyurl.com/avd7w
Massachusetts
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-16-05/a05lo668.htm
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=117005
Michigan
6 News
12/15
http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=4250323&nav=0RbQ
Detroit Free Press 12/16
WZZM Channel 13 12/16
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=48115
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051216/NEWS07/512160373/1009
Grand Rapids WZZM13 12/15-16
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=48115
College graduates' cognitive skills sink 12/18
Liz Bowie, Baltimore Sun
http://tinyurl.com/avd7w
Missouri
12/16
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/11921/
http://tinyurl.com/dt4c3 AP 12/16
New Jersey
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news4/1134714100120340.xml&coll=1
New York
12/16
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/58622.htm
Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Inquirer picked up the AP story:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/13418376.htm
Lancaster, PA, the Intelligencer Journal ran an abbreviated version of the AP story http://lancasteronline.com
South Carolina
Charlston Post and Carrier
Illiterate
12/19/05
http://tinyurl.com/83y98
Tennessee
Knoxville News Sentinel
12/16 AP
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/national/article/0,1406,KNS_350_4318691,00.html
News Channel 5
12/16/05
Nashville Group Battling to Improve Staggering Illiteracy Rate
http://www.newschannel5.com/content/news/16210.asp
Texas
Houston Chronicle
12/16
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3528735.html
Wisconsin
Illiteracy remains a problem in the U.S.
By Pat Schneider
December 17, 2005
http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/topstories/index.php?ntid=65567&ntpid=1
Since the National Institute for Literacy is keeping track of media responses to the NAAL results on its News Flashes page, there is no need for me to continue to do this. If the media response is of interest, please go to:
http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/news_flashes/news_flashes.cgi
David J. Rosen
Adult Literacy Advocate
DJRosen@theworld.com
December 21, 2005
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