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Welcome to the new Literacy.org

Welcome to the new Literacy.org, your source for research and development on literacy in the U.S. and worldwide. Literacy.org at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, is comprised of NCAL and ILI. The National Center for Adult Literacy (NCAL) has been engaged for more than two decades in cutting edge and high-impact research, innovation, and training in adult education and technology, as well as in other areas of adult basic education and literacy. The International Literacy Institute (ILI), co-founded in 1994 by UNESCO and Penn, focuses on a broad range of literacy issues from early childhood through youth and adult education, particularly in developing countries.



Featured Recent Publications


Monitoring and Measuring Literacy
New Technologies for Literacy and Adult Education



News

Launch of First Multimedia Learning Platform To Promote Literacy in South Africa

July 2009 - Representing a first for South Africa, The International Literacy Institute, in partnership with Molteno Institute for Language and Literacy in South Africa, and under the sponsorship of the South African Department of Education launched on July 23, 2009, the Bridges to the Future Initiative (BFI-SA), a multimedia education programme for the promotion of literacy and other learning skills in South Africa...

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The new Literacy.org is now live!

1/29/2010 - We are happy to announce the release of our new website.

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