literacy
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At a time when Americans’ grasp of personal-finance concepts is on the decline and many students don’t receive training in financial literacy in school, providing support “doesn’t require writing a check,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Age gaps in digital literacy are a global concern, yet the gulf has widened massively in the hyper-connected and fast-ageing country, prompting national campaigns to bridge it.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
More than half of the larger LASI-DAD population has low literacy, while about 60% lives in rural communities.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
But Mississippi’s dramatic breakthrough proves that evidence-based literacy can succeed anywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Radios, maybe one per hundred thousand residents. No telephones. Newspapers as scarce as hen’s teeth, and a literacy rate made to match. They get their evening news by listening to their neighbors’ drums.”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing literacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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