Teach the Parent, Reach the Child
The phrase, “Teach the Parent, Reach the Child” comes from the Adult Reading Center in Pearland, Tx. When we help an adult learn to read, we open doors for the whole family.
Scrabble Fest October 28, 2010
A fun event to raise funds for literacy!
Winning Teams in January of 2010:
First Place: Books Ink Portland Scrabble Club
Second Place: TAMU-CC College of Education
Third Place: Del Mar College
Be on the lookout for our bowling tournament: July 25, 2010
Imagine not being able to read…
How would you use the internet … fill out a job application … communicate with your child’s teacher?
Millions of Americans cannot read well enough to get two facts from a newspaper article. Even in this day and age, one American adult in seven is illiterate. Fortunately, there are ways to escape from that situation. CBS News correspondent Byron Pitts looks at some personal stories of illiteracy, including his own.
The functional illiteracy rate in Nueces County is 17%. That is almost one in five persons. For a county by county description of the illiteracy rate in Texas, click here. The Corpus Christi Literacy Council has been teaching adults to read since 1986.
