Entries by Jason Kluk-Barany
Read Across America Day 2022 Recap
March 2nd was Read Across America (RAA) Day. This literacy holiday was created by the National Education Association (NEA) to motivate children and teens to read through events, partnerships, and reading resources with a different theme each year. This year’s RAA theme was diversity and inclusion. The Literacy Cooperative, along with our 21 partners, celebrated […]
Read Across America Day 2022 Author Spotlight with Ebony Donley
In honor of this year’s Read Across America Day theme being diversity and inclusion, The Literacy Cooperative highlighted several local authors who were either diverse in their identity or emphasized diversity within their work. Ebony Donley, Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) educator and owner of Literacy Innovations is one of the local authors in our spotlight. […]
Improved literacy and numeracy skills will create a larger pool of qualified workers: Laureen Atkins
Laureen Atkins is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at The Literacy Cooperative. Recently, the Fund for Our Economic Future presented survey data detailing how employers are attracting new employees or keeping current ones. The data revealed that talent shortages are widespread, with 93.6% of employers facing shortages and saying that the pool of […]