Volunteers needed for financial literacy program
Fifth Third Bank is looking for volunteer mentors for its Young Bankers Club, a hands-on financial literacy program geared toward fifth-graders.
This Week Hilliard,
Wed Dec 02 13:08:33 PST 2009
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Bartleman's literacy push bearing fruit
We all lament the high suicide rates and low literacy levels among our aboriginal young people. Until recently, governments at all levels have wrung their hands--and done little. What chang...
Kingston Whig-Standard,
Wed Dec 02 06:16:45 PST 2009
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Learn How to Promote Literacy in the Early Childhood Classroom, in Support of Dece...
December is "Read a New Book Month" and ChildCare Education Institute offers all child care staff the opportunity to learn about the importance of promoting literacy in the early childhood ...
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance,
Wed Dec 02 07:24:00 PST 2009
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Site Aims to Promote Financial Literacy
Financial education provider Financial Finesse has launched a new Web site to promote financial literacy.
WebCPA,
Tue Dec 01 14:25:19 PST 2009
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Get cash for your gold at Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County event
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The Somerset Reporter,
Tue Dec 01 11:03:58 PST 2009
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Maxed out or stressed out? CU starts 'financial literacy' program for students
Joel Jones, left, a sophomore at the University of Colorado, is helped by teller Shelley Smith at the Elevations Credit Union in the University Memorial Center on Monday. CU has created a n...
Colorado Daily,
Tue Dec 01 10:50:44 PST 2009
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Literacy council fosters reading
Marion School District Two has organized a literacy council, which is a district/community literacy partnership that meets twice a month for the purpose of discussing ways in which they can...
Marion Star & Mullins Enterprise,
Tue Dec 01 09:25:26 PST 2009
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Schools win $30,000 state literacy grant
Newburyport Public Schools were recently awarded a $30,000 Professional Development Literacy grant through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which is desig...
The Daily News of Newburyport,
Tue Dec 01 01:20:08 PST 2009
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Videos, Games Help Preschool Literacy, Study Says
Do videos and interactive games help kids better prepare for kindergarten? According to a new study, low-income children in preschool classrooms improved their literacy skills when their te...
School Library Journal,
Mon Nov 30 23:53:12 PST 2009
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Literacy group recognizes supporters, looks ahead to 2010
The Literacy Council is making strides in a state where 15 percent of adults are basically illiterate.
Birmingham News,
Mon Nov 30 13:12:36 PST 2009
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Maxed out or stressed out? CU starts 'financial literacy' program for students
The University of Colorado is launching a new "financial literacy" program to teach students how to do everything from assess their first job offers to plan for retirement.
Boulder Daily Camera,
Mon Nov 30 20:30:16 PST 2009
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RCMP all-star squad returns to take on Mariners to raise money for literacy progra...
The RCMP Bisons all-star hockey team is returning to Yarmouth to take on the Yarmouth Junior A Mariners to raise money for the Adopt-A-Library WOW Reading challenge. The WOW Reading Challen...
The Yarmouth County Vanguard,
Wed Dec 02 12:55:33 PST 2009
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Author Tami Hoag shares stories at Marion Council Literacy Council event
By Laura Byrnes Correspondent When Tami Hoag gets together with her girlfriends - a group affectionately dubbed "The Divas" - conversation often turns to the latest men in their lives, and ...
The Ocala Star-Banner,
Wed Dec 02 03:41:35 PST 2009
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Literacy Coalition receives $1,000 grant
A grant has been awarded to the Greene County Literacy Coalition in the amount of $1,000. This grant was due to the generosity of The Indiana Literacy Association and Verizon Reads. The gra...
Greene County Daily World,
Mon Nov 30 16:59:56 PST 2009
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Financial Literacy Software Featured at Jump$tart Conference Meets Revised State C...
With students' financial literacy reaching the lowest level ever - just 43.8 percent - 20 states have revised graduation requirements to include personal finance lessons in the high school ...
PRWeb via Yahoo! News,
Mon Nov 30 23:01:00 PST 2009
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USC gets
WRAP is delivered in Challenging Horizons afterschool programs supervised by Smith, staffed primarily by USC service learning students, and funded by 21st Community Learning Center grants i...
Bluffton Today,
Wed Dec 02 04:10:16 PST 2009
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Financial literacy gains traction as part of high school curriculum
Comptroller Peter Franchot has been going back to high school as part of his push for requiring that seniors take a course in financial literacy in order to graduate.
Baltimore Sun,
Mon Nov 30 05:54:41 PST 2009
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ALLEN PARK: Youngsters combine art, literacy and crafts
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The News-Herald,
Wed Dec 02 04:26:33 PST 2009
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Literacy Volunteers names new officers, members
At its Nov. 16 meeting, the following newcomers were elected to the board for terms beginning in the new year: Romona Gaither of Beaufort, Linda Hennessey of Hilton Head, Linda Hoffman of B...
Bluffton Today,
Wed Dec 02 03:25:16 PST 2009
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