Best Literacy Sayings

247 Literacy quotes by 176 unique authors

The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write. — Alberto Moravia
Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be entertained and informed,… — Hugh Mackay
Yet in our enthusiasm for the idea that everyone should be able to read and write fluently, we may be missing a crucial point: in… — Hugh Mackay
The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a general degradation of writing skills… — Unknown Author
More and more, job listings are exclusively available online and as technology evolves nearly every occupation now requires a basic level of digital literacy with… — Michael K. Powell
In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a… — Vartan Gregorian
Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind. — Bob Ney
I hope to focus on what I'm passionate about because I think I'd do them best job on them - education, urban education, women and… — Jenna Bush
Just as we would not traditionally assume that someone is literate if they can read but not write, we should not assume that someone possesses… — Henry Jenkins
Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement. — Henry Jenkins
Media literacy is not just important, it's absolutely critical. It's going to make the difference between whether kids are a tool of the mass media… — Linda Ellerbee
Bush has not read enough books to have a developed moral sense. The fewer books you read, the easier it is to become fundamental. In… — Sherman Alexie
If you get health, then you have opportunity for literacy. Health first, then literacy. Once you have literacy, then you have a chance to bring… — Bill Gates
Conventional manners are a kind of literacy test for the alien who comes among us. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Literacy is freedom, and everyone has something significant to say, — Jimmy Santiago Baca
The single most important condition for literacy learning is the presence of mentors who are joyfully literate people. — Shirley Brice Heath
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and… — Kofi Annan
We need to teach empathy as we do literacy. — Bill Drayton
Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential. — Kofi Annan
The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. — Mem Fox
Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they’re four years old, they’re… — Mem Fox
I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more… — Judith Butler
The notion of multiple literacies recognized that there are many ways of being-and of becoming-literate, and that how literacy develops and how it is used… — Jerome Bruner
It is hard to learn when we think we know something. — Peter Block
Asking "Why?" can lead to understanding. Asking "Why not?" can lead to breakthroughs. — Daniel H. Pink

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