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		<title>NCFL presents at adult ed conference in New Orleans</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donna Elder, senior reading and training specialist at the National Center for Family Literacy, shares her experience at the 2013 COABE (Commission on Adult Basic Education) and LAPCAE (Louisiana Association for Public, Community, &#38; Adult Education) National Conference: It seems as though it just began, but the 2013 COABE and LAPCAE National Conference is winding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MetLife Survey Examines Education Issues</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MetLife recently released the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Challenges for School Leadership (2012). In its 29th year, the survey examines the views of teachers and principals on the responsibilities and challenges facing school leaders. The survey finds that responsibilities identified as most challenging result from conditions that originate outside of school, such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top five reasons you should apply for the Toyota Teacher of the Year award</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard of the Toyota Teacher of the Year award? Each year this award gives an outstanding educator $20,000 to support an innovative family engagement project and significant national recognition for his/her exemplary work with families. The winner also receives a scholarship to attend the 2013 National Conference on Family Literacy. One national runner-up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winners of Litera-Seeds mini-grants announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excitement is in the air, as 20 organizations spanning 11 states receive $500 mini-grants this month to spur family engagement in their communities. Winning organizations will execute innovative educator-led programs and events that emphasize and promote intergenerational participation and learning. The recipients of the mini-grants, funded by Toyota, include programs in family literacy, early childhood, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>James Patterson, EepyBird, and C.C. Chapman to Headline Special 2013 Conference Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opening Session, April 28 James Patterson, author of the No. 1 best selling Alex Cross detective series and the No. 1 best selling Middle School series, will donate his time to NCFL by opening the conference on Sunday, April 28, at the Galt House in Louisville. For the past decade, Patterson has been devoting more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCFL celebrates Digital Learning Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feb. 6 is Digital Learning Day (DLD), and the National Center for Family Literacy is a core partner with the Alliance for Excellent Education in celebrating successful instructional technology practice in classrooms across the country. Yearlong activities across the United States will culminate in a celebration on Feb. 6 in Washington, D.C.  You can join [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading by Third Grade: Thinking Beyond Retention</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert E. Slavin, director of the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University, wrote a column for The Huffington Post on the importance of using appropriate, proven intervention strategies to help students read at grade level by the third grade. We couldn&#8217;t agree more with the statement: &#8220;If schools use the reading-by-third-grade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s still time to apply for the Toyota Teacher of the Year award</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know an educator making an impact on the lives of learners through family engagement? Maybe he’s the teacher working with English language learners at your community center. Or she’s the children’s librarian at your library branch. There are many unsung heroes in literacy and education programs in towns across the United States, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Literacy Certificate Course begins January 9th, enroll today!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy at Penn State University and NCFL are pleased to announce the offering of the Family Literacy Certificate course, ADTED 456: Introduction to Family Literacy, during spring semester 2013. This online course, offered through Penn State’s World Campus, will begin on January 9, 2013 and end on April 10, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneering LiteracyNew Campaign for Grade-Level Reading report seeks to help parents and teachers utilize technology in the digital age</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pioneering Literacy in the Digital Wild West: Empowering Parents and Educators, a new report from The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, is a must read for educators and community leaders. It examines the role technology can play in improving children’s reading proficiency, how technology can support parents and educators, what matters most for early literacy innovation [...]]]></description>
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