French bakery offers future to Afghan minority children

2010-02-23T02:10:40Z

<div><p>On the wall of Le Pelican cafe in Kabul's dusty suburbs are photographs showing a baker's dozen of Afghan children beaming over a tray of pastries fresh out of the huge industrial oven behind them.</p><p>Nearby shelves are stacked with their wares -- croissants, pains au chocolat, baguettes, apple and peach tarts and turnovers, sugar cookies, a variety of breads -- which teenagers Habib and ...

French bakery offers hope to Afghan children

2010-02-23T02:10:35Z

AP IMPACT: Illiteracy undermines Afghan army

2010-02-25T07:57:07Z

<div id="subtitle">AP IMPACT: 9 out of 10 Afghan soldiers are illiterate, complicating efforts to build an army</div><div><p>Afghan army recruit Shahidullah Ahmadi can't read — and neither can nine out of 10 soldiers in the Afghan National Army.</p><p>The lack of education po...

Hockey's Jacques Demers joins Canada's Senate

2010-02-25T14:59:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Former hockey coach Jacques Demers, illiterate most of his life, appointed to Canada's Senate</div><div><p>Jacques Demers, the Stanley Cup-winning coach who has spoken frankly about his lifelong battle with illiteracy, was appointed Thursday to the Canadian Senate.&a...

Whaling education spared budget harpoon

2010-02-27T14:02:53Z

<div id="subtitle">Obama seeks education budget cuts, but won't harpoon oft-attacked whaling education program</div><div><p>Is President Barack Obama afraid of facing down Moby Dick?</p><p>In his budget proposal for 2010, Obama seeks several education cuts but spares a $9 million program to promote the history of whaling and trade in

An Introduction to Overcoming Dyslexia

2010-02-27T15:26:53Z

<p>An Introduction to Overcoming Dyslexia</p><p>By Andrew Pilling</p><p></p><p>Children with dyslexia have difficulty in learning to read despite having average or above average intelligence and receiving regular instruction, Dyslexia is caused by impairment in the brain's ability to translate images received from the eyes or ears into understandable language. It never results from vision or hear...

Balochistan University Convocation

2009-05-01T01:22:54Z

Students of Balochistan University attend a convocation, in Quetta, Pakistan, 30 April 2009. Balochistan, one of the least developed province has a female literacy rate amongst the lowest in the world, with most girls not enrolled in a school. The province's literacy level, acc...

French first lady's new foundation to fund projects

2010-02-28T22:48:28Z

<div><p>French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is setting up a new foundation to raise funds for groups that help the homeless, prison inmates, the handicapped and fight illiteracy in France.</p><p>The model turned singer's charity, set up under the auspices of the private "Fondation de France" organisation, will support a wide range of projects...

W.African primary schools need 750,000 teachers: report

2010-03-02T03:30:02Z

<div><p>West African primary schools need 750,000 more teachers to combat some of the lowest literacy rates in the world, a report by a group of charities and non-governmental organisations said Tuesday.</p><p>"West Africa is missing more than 750,000 trained primary school teachers. Those teachers who are in place have to manage large classes with limited training, few or no materials, ...

Volunteer grandfather helps out at granddaughter's school

2009-04-03T04:49:17Z

20090327;ON;Life;L4 -- Datsa Paljor helps granddaughter Karma Chodon at a family literacy centre as Amani Fadl sits nearby

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UNESCO warns on education commitment

2009-03-24T03:10:49Z

A young girl points to the light as she enters a shopping centre in Bangkok, Thailand, 24 March 2009. UNESCO's annual Education for all Global Monitoring report launched in Bangkok today calls on governments to review their commitment to the management of education with a 2009 warning to governments, donors and the gloabl communities to beef up efforts or fa...

UNESCO's education for all goals at risk

2009-03-23T20:35:59Z

In this picture made available 24 March 2009, Bhutanese children study in the Wandue school in eastern Bhutan, 23 October 2008. UNESCO's annual Education for all Global Monitoring report launched in Bangkok 24 March 2009 calls on governments to review their committment to the management of education with a 2009 warning to governments, donors and the gloabl communi...

Immigrants fearful English classes could be cut

2010-03-03T12:35:29Z

<div><p>Farzana Morshed arrived from Bangladesh three years ago without any real grasp of English. Her husband had to help her open a bank account, an interpreter was necessary when she needed medical care and she couldn't go anywhere by herself for fear of getting lost.</p><p>Morshed soon got the language lessons she needed through her local library and a community-based nonprofit organiz...

Autism Spectrum Disorder - Pervasive Development Disorders and Their Relationship to Autism

2009-03-02T06:36:06Z

<p>Autism Spectrum Disorder - Pervasive Development Disorders and Their Relationship to Autism</p><p>By Caleb Liu</p><p></p><p>All developmental disorders can be classified as either Pervasive or specific. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is classified as a pervasive disorder. A Pervasive Development Disorder (PPD) involves behavior disorders and psychological development disorders that alter the mental and physical functions of the person. Most people ...

Sex and the SS

2010-03-01T08:04:00Z

<div><p>The ReaderRunning time 123 minutesWritten by David HareDirected by Stephen DaldryStarring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, David Kross </p><p>

Hurricane recovery confronts low literacy rate

2010-03-02T03:22:49Z

<div id="subtitle">3 years after Katrina, rebuilding effort confronts little-known obstacle: Illiteracy</div><div><p>Marsha Williams had always hesitated when mail arrived from the government. After Hurricane Katrina, she began to fear the letters.</p><p>One warned that her apartment building could be shut down because of unrepaired storm damage. T...

Let's not be dumb about stupidity

2010-03-02T08:19:54Z

<div><p>The strange notion of a dumb Britain has taken hold in the national psyche. A-levels are now so simple, we are told, that they can be tackled by a goldfish. We have media studies degrees, children who don't know who Churchill was, the whole horrible banality that is modern television. And we keep reading about how Edwardian ten-year-olds sat exams which would baffle Uganda are struggling to access proper healthcare and find enough food in government camps, according to <em class="bold"><a href="http://uk.oneworld.net/">OneWorld UK</a></em>. They are also under pressure to return home, despite not having adequate resources to cope, wants the Gulu Disabled Persons Union (GDPU).</...

Laura Bush sees women neglected in literacy push

2010-02-28T05:19:07Z

<div id="subtitle">Laura Bush casts UN global literacy program as falling short for women</div><div><p>Laura Bush decried illiteracy among women Tuesday, saying that midway through a decade-long U.N. education push nations have failed to make a dent in the numbers unable to read and write.</p><p>"The pe...

First lady hosts her final National Book Festival

2010-02-28T10:03:12Z

<div id="subtitle">First lady to host her final National Book Festival, plans to continue promoting literacy</div><div><p>After leaving the White House, the nation's "reader in chief," Laura Bush, plans to continue promoting literacy through the United Nations and the <...

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