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Archive for March, 2008

NCFL Conference Day Two Highlights

Monday, March 31st, 2008

The good times just keep rolling! Here are some of the conference highlights from Monday:

David Murphy of Better World Books helped open the general session with thoughts about how Better World Books is working to merge commerce and philanthropy in a way that will make the world a better place. One simple way to do [...]

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National Conference on Family Literacy Underway

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Conference has officially begun! Opening session kicked off with NCFL president Sharon Darling, U.S. Congressman John Yarmuth, and literacy pioneer Rosa Pesqueira speaking. Pat Pineda then announced the 2008 Toyota Family Literacy Program Teacher of the Year …congratulations to Katy Kibbey! As part of her award package, Katy was featured on a jumbotron in Times [...]

Tags: Anna Quindlen, family literacy, literacy issues, national conference on family literacy, NCFL, Toyota

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NCFL in The Courier-Journal

Friday, March 28th, 2008

This morning, Louisville’s The Courier-Journal ran a great story about Byron Pitts and Anna Quindlen, two speakers at NCFL’s 2008 Conference. Click here to check it out!

 
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Three Ways To Get More Out Of The NCFL Conference

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Here in Louisville, the Ohio River was at flood stage last week. Fortunately, it’s quickly receding. After all, we know the real high water mark will occur at the end of the week, when everyone begins arriving for our 17th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy.
I’m Cindy Read, a Senior Director here at NCFL … [...]

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National Conference on Family Literacy Sparks Excitement

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

As I think about our conference this year, there are so many exciting things. I can’t help but marvel at how different the conference is from the first one we had at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1991. For that conference, my main concern was having enough space for attendees and [...]

Tags: Anna Quindlen, Byron Pitts, family literacy, literacy issues, national conference on family literacy, NCFL, Toyota

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Welcome To Literacy Now!

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

The literacy community—the teachers, students, volunteers, advocates and supporters–has evolved greatly since I first became involved some 35 years ago in a church basement. As I look back, it’s the lives that have been transformed that mean the most to me. The fathers and mothers who are now succeeding and have children who are self-sufficient [...]

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