Read more literacy stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4362/literacy.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:33:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/59971/candid-laura-bush-tells-her-story.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagShortly before the election last November, Laura Bush sought to shape her somewhat hazy legacy. The former first lady spoke to historians, reporters, and other DC insiders in a 3-hour “legacy lunch,” at which she was called “candid,” “funny,” and “open” as she answered questions, Politico reports. “No first lady...http://www.newser.com/story/59971/candid-laura-bush-tells-her-story.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 May 2009 10:14:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54464/braille-read-by-less-than-10-of-blind-americans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLess than 10% of blind Americans know how to read Braille, and just 10% of blind children are being taught the printed language, the AP reports. A study by the National Federation of the Blind also pegs Braille illiteracy to unemployment. While the blind population faces 70% unemployment overall, that...http://www.newser.com/story/54464/braille-read-by-less-than-10-of-blind-americans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Mar 2009 12:20:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52870/howard-dean-dems-must-not-cave-on-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHoward Dean didn't get the health cabinet post he wanted, and doesn't want the job that's open—surgeon general—but is pushing President Obama's health-care plan just the same, the Washington Times reports. "Democrats can’t cave," says the former doc. Obama’s plan is "perfect," and since it stresses choice it...http://www.newser.com/story/52870/howard-dean-dems-must-not-cave-on-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Mar 2009 14:55:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47427/32m-lack-basic-reading-skills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne in seven American adults in the US—about 32 million people—have such low literacy skills that they cannot read a newspaper story or a prescription bottle, a new federal study says. "They really cannot read paragraphs (or) sentences that are connected," says an Education Department researcher. The numbers...http://www.newser.com/story/47427/32m-lack-basic-reading-skills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 8:18:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46592/minneapolis-seattle-top-list-of-most-literate-cities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York may be America's cultural capital, but Seattle and Minneapolis top the list as the nation's most literate cities, reports LiveScience. The rankings are based on newspaper, magazine, and online news readership, library usage, book purchases, and educational levels. The two cities also topped the list last year.http://www.newser.com/story/46592/minneapolis-seattle-top-list-of-most-literate-cities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Dec 2008 5:29:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46195/winslet-on-reader-role-its-blown-my-mind.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven for a seasoned actress like Kate Winslet, the role of Nazi guard Hannah Schmitz in The Reader was a game-changer, writes Brad Balfour in the Huffington Post. “I sort of walked away like some car crash victim who somehow hadn't been hurt on the outside,” Winslet said. Her character...http://www.newser.com/story/46195/winslet-on-reader-role-its-blown-my-mind.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Dec 2008 12:55:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43199/interviewers-let-palin-off-the-hook-couric.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin’s non-answer to Katie Couric’s question about what periodicals she reads still has the CBS anchor puzzled. Couric visited with David Letterman last night, and he quizzed her about why post-election interviewers haven’t asked the VP wannabe about her non-response, Gawker reports. Meanwhile, Letterman has a theory: “She was...http://www.newser.com/story/43199/interviewers-let-palin-off-the-hook-couric.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Nov 2008 9:37:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41165/laura-bushs-feminist-agenda-is-anything-but-demure.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou don’t hear much about Laura Bush, probably because her “demure librarian-teacher persona has minimized her appeal,” but women around the world owe a lot to the first lady, writes Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post . Bush has campaigned for breast cancer awareness in the Middle East, championed the women...http://www.newser.com/story/41165/laura-bushs-feminist-agenda-is-anything-but-demure.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Oct 2008 8:49:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38525/death-of-reading-greatly-exaggerated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOur bleak outlook on the future of reading owes itself to a doomsday reflex, the pervasive belief that things are bound to get worse, author Dave Eggers writes in Esquire . "It must be true, we think—just yesterday I saw some kid on the bus, and he wasn't reading a...http://www.newser.com/story/38525/death-of-reading-greatly-exaggerated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Sep 2008 16:39:01 CDT