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Family Literacy Links

Last Updated on Friday, July 06, 2007 at 5:01 AM

This page provides Website links related to family literacy.

 

Collaborative Center for Literacy Development (CCLD)
The Collaborative Center for Literacy Development: Early Childhood through Adulthood (CCLD) is a partnership among each of the eight state universities and the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL), in cooperation with the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), Kentucky Adult Education (KYAE), and others interested in literacy development.

 

Family Literacy Foundation
Family Literacy Foundation's mission is to facilitate supportive relationships for children through families and friends reading aloud with them.

 

Kentucky Adult Education (KYAE)

To provide leadership and support for an education system that enables adult Kentuckians to acquire essential skills that promote economic vitality and improve the quality of life.

 

Kentucky Institute for Family Literacy
Welcome to the Web site of the Kentucky Institute for Family Literacy (KIFL), an initiative of the National Center for Family Literacy focused on expanding and improving family literacy in Kentucky.

 

Kentucky Parent Information and Resource Center                   The Kentucky Parent Information and Resource Center has the goal of providing local, regional, and statewide support to parents to enhance their involvement in their children's education and thereby improve student achievement.

 

National Center for Family Literacy
NCFL is recognized nationally and internationally as the leader in family literacy. The intergenerational approach pioneered by NCFL has received critical acclaim and has helped hundreds of thousands of families start on a path to success.

 

National Even Start Association
The mission of the National Even Start Association is to provide a national voice and vision for Even Start Family Literacy programs.

 

National Institute for Literacy
The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) is a federal organization that shares information about literacy and supports the development of high-quality literacy services so all Americans can develop essential basic skills.

 

National Head Start Association
The National Head Start Association (NHSA) is a private not-for profit membership organization representing more than 900,000 children, 190,000 staff and 2,500 Head Start programs in America.

 

National Reading Panel (NRP)
This Web site is updated regularly with information about NRP publications and materials, as well as upcoming speaking engagements by Panel members. This site is also an archive, featuring the congressional charge to the NRP, biographies of NRP members, meeting minutes, and other historical information.

 

No Child Left Behind Act
On Jan. 8, 2002, President Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). This new law represents his education reform plan and contains the most sweeping changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) since it was enacted in 1965.

 

For more information contact:

Bill Buchanan
500 Mero Street, 19th Floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-7056
Bill.Buchanan@education.ky.gov
A parent reads to his two children in an after-school program