“Reimagining Intergenerational Illiteracy”
LITERACY BALTIMORE: Reimagining Intergenerational Illiteracy
“Adult literacy providers must collaborate with a broad cross-section of partners to stop the intergenerational impact of illiteracy” – Shirley Bigley LaMotte, Baltimore Reads, Inc.
Earlier this year, three well-established Baltimore institutions – Baltimore Reads, Inc., Enoch Pratt Free Library, and the Dyslexia Tutoring Program – decided to affirm and model the value of collaboration, forming Literacy Baltimore as a “big tent” under which literacy advocacy and services can be delivered.
“Students in adult literacy programs often can access a range of other services provided by government and not-for-profits. But these service providers often are competitors for dwindling philanthropic gifts and restrictive government funding. Read more