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Palmer, Kimberly. "The Best Inheritance of All." U.S. News & World Report 144.18 (2008), 70-70. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Roesch Lib., U. of Dayton, Dayton, OH. 14 Mar. 2009.

Palmer discusses the positive impact that her mother's financial advise made on her life. In addition the article also references a study that suggests that Parents that teach their kids about the positive impact that money management can have on their lives can help them made better informed decisions as adults. Many parents lack the knowledge of financial literacy themselves and therefore their children grow up knowing very little about the importance financial literacy. The lack of financial literacy knowledge among the youth has caused unease and has inspired new programs designed to help parents teach their children.

A presentation to congress showing a large majority of secondary school students fail to reach proficiency in math and science, and many are taught by teachers lacking adequate subject matter knowledge. The article compares the U.S. to other countries proficiency and points out issues STEM aims to address

This article talks about the way radio stations and record labels are censoring their artists and albums. Some artists are force to remove songs from their albums, create edited albums, or even refuse to play certain artists. It also talks about how many albums containing derogatory terms and drug references are not sold in certain stores and not played on certain stations, despite the censorship which might aid in the literacy of younger listeners.

The author holds research concerning students food safety practices as a result from intervention. At the end of the experience he found that the participants became more aware of their food intake and the way it was prepared. They focused on college students because they are the most likely to unsafely prepare food.

This article from the Washington Post discusses the problem of aliteracy. Much more prevalent than illiteracy, it is also more insidious because unlike teaching someone how to read, which is fairly straightforward, how do you teach someone to LIKE to read? This article contains statistics on aliteracy in America and interesting ways in which aliteracy has changed the way our society functions.