Literacy Education

The number of adults in Cleveland facing challenges with literacy has been the subject of debate lately after Cleveland City Councilmember Kris Harsh raised concerns about the veracity of a 2004 study.

The number of adults scoring at the lowest level of literacy and numeracy in the U.S. has increased in recent years, and Cleveland in particular struggles with high rates of adults struggling on that front. Seeds of Literacy, a local nonprofit, is among the organizations trying to address that with one-on-one tutoring available on demand.

Teachers hope the project at the rural Medina school district will help foster a love of reading among students and build back social skills that might have been hampered during the pandemic.

Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposal would pay for training and new books while banning the whole language approach to teaching literacy.

Reach Out and Read, a nonprofit founded by a MetroHealth pediatrician, promotes literacy to improve health outcomes.

The Cleveland Public Library, the city of Cleveland and a host of other organizations have kicked off an ambitious goal for city residents in 2023: to read 1 million books before the end of the year.

PRE4CLE, a Cleveland initiative to boost high-quality preschool, is raising concerns about last-minute changes approved to an appropriations bill Wednesday night in the lame-duck session of the legislature, arguing it will undermine Ohio’s childcare system.

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D. is a professor of Literacy Education and Co-Director of the Literacy Center at Kent State University. In 2010 he was inducted into…