America
Reads Challenge - calls on Americans to support teachers and help ensure
that every child can read well and independently by the end of 3rd grade.
Asia-Pacific
Literacy Data Base - facts and figures about literacy and an archive
of teaching and learning materials used in the region; developed by the
Asia/Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO.
Boston
Adult Literacy Fund - strengthens adult literacy education in Boston
through its grants and free technical assistance to adult literacy programs.
Carnegie
Center for Literacy and Learning - deals with the full spectrum of
literacy in the Lexington-Fayette County Area, from the beginning or underprivileged
learner to those with a high level of literacy.
Center
for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA) - collaborative
center dedicated to improving children’s reading achievement through research-based,
practical solutions to persistent problems in the learning and teaching
of beginning reading.
Greenwood
Institute - offers courses with an emphasis on dyslexia for literacy
teachers in mainstream and specialized schools.
Books
for Kids - distributing books to at-risk children served by homeless
shelters, pre-schools, tutoring programs.
California
Literacy, Inc. - statewide non-profit organization providing leadership
to new and existing literacy programs and their students, through training,
resources, consultation and advocacy.
