| Recent articles about literacy:
Hollywood
deacon, 79, reclaims an education he left in the third grade
J.C. Hardemon never learned to read or write beyond an elementary-school level,
after leaving the third grade to help his family. But with more than 40 grandchildren and
great-grandchildren, he returned to the classroom in 1986 to earn the first of four
certificates in adult basic education at the Hallandale Community Center. His family, he
says, "They're just so proud."
Literacy: Unforseen factor in
election
The ability to read has not been a requirement to vote in more than
25 years. But with 24 million functionally illiterate adult Americans, the ability to
understand a ballot has become its own literacy test. "The Supreme Court says there
can't be a literacy test to vote. But if you put the bar high enough, it's a literacy test
in a new form," said literacy expert Timothy Shanahan.
Letter
to the editor about literacy
Nancy Paull, executive director of Literacy Coalition of Broward, wrote the
Sun-Sentinel about the correlation between low-literacy skills and discarded ballots.
Opinion
column about literacy and election
Bonnie Gross, treasurer of Literacy Coalition of Broward, wrote a guest column on
how lack of reading skills was a factor in Florida presidential vote.
A
CEO overcomes his inability to read
For decades, Jay Thiessens hid a painful secret as he built his machine and tool company
from a mom-and-pop operation into a $5 million-a-year enterprise. His secret: He couldn't
read.
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