We Act Radio broadcasts from east of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC. A short distance to the east on Good Hope Road is the Anacostia branch of the public library. A few blocks away, African Heritage Dancers and Drummers… Read More ›
literacy
The Most Literate and the Most Challenged
Washington has been declared the “most literate” city in the U.S. since 2010. Meanwhile, DC also has areas with illiteracy rates close to 50%, and a “book desert” where 830 children would need to share one age-appropriate book for sale…. Read More ›
Program Announcement: Most Literate?
Washington has been declared the “most literate” city in the U.S. since 2010. Meanwhile, DC also has areas with illiteracy rates close to 50%, and a “book desert” where 830 children would need to share one age-appropriate book for sale…. Read More ›
Book Deserts and Their Effects
Feature Report: “Book Deserts and Their Effects” — with citations and resources Recording, 7/13/17, begins at 2:00 — Over the past few years, the District has been one of three cities involved in a study of access to children’s books…. Read More ›
Federal Funding for Libraries, Museums Eliminated in FY2018 Budget
The Library of Congress announced, earlier this week, the acquisition of 575,000 images from the Civil Rights Movement. Photographer Bob Adelman volunteered with CORE – the Congress for Racial Equality – in the early 1960s to document protests and became… Read More ›
Summer Slide: Approaches and Questions
Today’s program focused on a DC-based literacy initiative, being launched by DC Reading Revolution on May 21. May 21 is also the American Library Association’s National Readathon, a celebration of reading and a call to reflect on the role of… Read More ›
Literacy is Love: Legacy of Malcolm X
DC Reading Revolution and Academy for Ideal Education are teaming up to honor “the spirit of Malcolm X” this weekend through a multimedia festival called “Literacy is Love.” Learn about the link between literacy and Malcolm X (born: May 19)… Read More ›
Minneapolis Parts Ways with Lazy Lucy
Two weeks ago, the Education Town Hall reported on the strange career of Lazy Lucy in Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and related issues. (See Lazy Lucy, Literacy in Corrections Facilities, and Reading Horizons). To summarize: MPS contracted with the Utah-based… Read More ›
Lazy Lucy, Literacy in Corrections Facilities, and Reading Horizons
Listeners from Minnesota, along with nation-wide followers of Sarah Lahm and her muckraking blog, Bright Lights Small City, already know about the Lazy Lucy controversy in Minneapolis. The “Lazy Lucy” story was picked up around the country, by the Washington… Read More ›
Storytelling, Literacy, Solidarity with Saris: Final Workshop 6/6
Monica Jahan Bose’s multi-continent, multi-media education and art project is the subject of this week’s Education Town Hall on We Act Radio. Listen to Track 3 (8:13) below — DC locals, see also link to the final workshop, Saturday June… Read More ›
