One of the first efforts that President Abraham Lincoln signed into law immediately after the Civil War was the Freedman's Bank, which was "chartered to teach freed slaves about money." In America's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former teacher and current literacy advocate, Kareem Weaver will be in Savannah during Chatham County Literacy Week. He is ...

Math literacy is increasingly recognized as a fundamental civil right for securing a living wage and participating fully in modern society. This belief was strongly advocated by civil rights activist ...

This summer, over 1,000 NAACP delegates from across the country convened in Las Vegas to address issues impacting civil rights. While President Joe Biden’s keynote address received the lion’s share of ...

I read with interest the article in Education Week where the court ruled in Gary B. v. Snyder that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee literacy (Curriculum Matters blog, edweek.org, July 2, 2018) ...

Education advocates say there is a literacy crisis that is especially impacting children of color. It is a subject of a recent documentary titled The Right to Read, which says reading is a matter of ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is restricting funding for consumer education and financial literacy programs through its civil penalty fund. Processing Content In a proposal published ...

In the evolving tapestry of America's history, few threads are as significant, and as overlooked, as that of financial literacy. Financial literacy is arguably the least expensive and most effective ...

Editor's note: This article was updated to reflect the accurate title of Terri O'Neil as executive director of the Savannah Classical Academy Foundation, not the Savannah Classical Academy. Literacy ...

Educators and parents have been fighting illiteracy for decades. Research shows that 95 percent of children can learn how to read when teachers use instruction based on the science of reading. However ...

In today's rapidly evolving world, the concept of civil rights has expanded beyond traditional boundaries. While equal opportunities and social justice remain essential, there is a new frontier that ...