Literacy is a basic human right, it is something that empowers a person and it liberates a person. That power, of being able to learn and grow and connect, I just don't think there's anything like it.

“Reading is the foundation of our education system, but New York State is currently not meeting basic reading proficiency levels,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said just ahead of her 2024 State of the State ...

In an effort to address this lag in literacy, Hochul recently introduced her “Back to Basics ” reading proficiency plan, which includes investing $10 million in training teachers and enhancing and ...

According to data from the U.S. Department of Education, 54 percent of adults, nearly 130 million people, aged 16 to 74 lack literacy proficiency, reading below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level.

Over 38,000 individuals will take a basic literacy test on December 14 as part of the New India Literacy Programme.

A friend of mine, a young mother, vented her frustration on Facebook. “In today’s day and age it’s not hard to spend a bit of time looking at the sources,” she wrote. That sounds plausible — until you ...

Digital media literacy is defined as the ability of individuals in today's information age to use digital technologies effectively, consciously, and critically. Beyond traditional literacy, digital ...

Since its 2002 founding, Beyond Basics has predominantly offered its literacy program for students in Detroit and Wayne County and more recently, Oakland County. The program has gained attention for ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — The AA Van Elslander Foundation gave a huge donation to the Beyond Basic literacy program at Denby High School. The late Art Van Elslander ...

An empty classroom with desks. The wife of Detroit schools Superintendent Nikolai Vitti has resigned as a director of Beyond Basics, a nonprofit under contract with the district to tutor the most ...

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 29: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent gives remarks during a roundtable meeting at the U.S. Treasury Department on May 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Bessent addressed ...