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This article has a good view on how to deal with our non-literate children. It gives ways to help children with disabilities to become better readers and writers.

Article about teaching literacy in specific educational area. (music)

An explanation of the current nutrition facts label required by the FDA. Contains facts and statistics about the American diet and use of the labeling system.

This article from ERIC, the Education Resources Information Center, a great free database for anyone doing research related to education, discusses aliteracy among college students. The PDF format is available via the link at the top of the page. It would be beneficial for all students to check out because it is an example of a well-written, college-level research paper.

The article shows how medieval literacy and illiteracy directly relates to art and how each is represented in the other.

This article is about the Urban Youth Racing Commission. It is short and light on facts, but ties to the topic of car racing.

Nothing, actually. Aside from our panic that the Internet is melting their brains.

This is a scholarly essay that focuses specifically on the literacy of citizens o Westborough, Mass. during the eighteenth century. It uses draws upon such sources such as probate records, and diaries from actual citizens of the time. However; considering the sources it draws upon, one should consider the time frame in which the source documents are from.

Wanjek discusses how low health literacy negatively affects the nation. Health complications and possible death are the most deleterious problems affecting people with low health literacy. Unnecessary spending by the health industry is another problem causing inpatient spending to increase by approximately $1000. Because of the effects of low literacy, the nation's health is compromised and the cost of healthcare thus escalates to billions of dollars annually. Wanjek makes intriguing points, but most of his information is taken from another study.

So just which book "about F.D.R.'s first 100 days" was President-elect Barack Obama talking about when he appeared on "60 Minutes" on Sunday?