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Thomas G. Sticht
International Consultant in Adult Education
2062 Valley View Blvd.
El Cajon, CA 92019-2059
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A Penny For Adult Literacy!
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- By Tom Sticht Columnist EducationNews.org
- 12-3-09
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12.3.09 - Tom Sticht - Each morning my wife and I take an early morning walk of about four miles around our home town of El Cajon, California.
Thanksgiving Dinner at Home: A Soldier’s Dream Then and Now
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- 11-25-09
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11.25.09 - Tom Sticht - During World War II, over a quarter million young men learned to read in Special Training Units in the Army. One of the resources used to teach reading was a newspaper, Our War, which was published monthly from June
Remembering Dorothy Rich
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- By Tom Sticht Columnist EducationNews.org
- 11-2-09
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11.2.09 - Tom Sticht -Columnist EducationNews.org - Dr. Dorothy Rich, humanitarian, adult educator, children’s teacher and advocate, and internationally renowned author of MegaSkills ®, died on October 25th, 2009 following a battle with cancer. She was age 77.
Starting early literacy with baby talk is too late!
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- 8-10-09
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Tom Sticht - 8.10.09
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On Wednesday, July 29, 2009, an article with the headline “Early literacy begins with baby talk†was published in Canada on the National Post
VESL for Victory and Independence
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- By Tom Sticht Columnist EducationNews.org
- 7-4-09
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Tom Sticht - July 4, 2009
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Freedom and independence are never free. They are won by those willing to stand up and work for these bedrock human values.
Technologies for the Education Classroom
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- By Tom Sticht Columnist EducationNews.org
- 1-27-09
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International Consultant in Adult Education
Even in hard economic times, the United States leads in world competitiveness due to the extraordinary capabilities of its workforce. The present workforce has largely been educated in America’s schools where widespread use of technologies for aiding learning have been used.
New Report Confirms a Hundred Years of Professional Wisdom About Parent
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- 1-10-09
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A hundred years ago, Edmund Burke Huey published his classic work, The Psychology and Pedagogy of Reading (1908) (reprinted by the MIT Press in 1968). In his book Huey passed on professional wisdom about reading and the teaching of reading of his day.
Strategies for Education and Training of Undereducated Adults in Hard Economic Times
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- By Tom Sticht Columnist EducationNews.org
- 1-5-09
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During these hard economic times there is clearly an urgent need for undereducated adults to receive solid basic skills education in the context of training for well paying jobs and areas of entrepreneurship. Of particular concern is the need for education and training of many poorly skilled women who are single and managing families on their own.
Where does the reading problem go when children grow up?
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- By Tom Sticht Columnist EducationNews.org
- 11-23-08
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Each year you can count on numerous reports and news articles being written about reading education in the K-12 school system of the United States. Without exception, these reports give the impression that we need to spend billions of dollars more on teaching children to read earlier (e.g.,universal preschool) and better.
Vote Because You Can!
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- By Tom Sticht Columnist EducationNews.org
- 10-20-08
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International Consultant in Adult Education
Nothing has moved so many illiterate or poorly literate men and women to seek out teachers of literacy more than the shame of making a mark –X- for their name on public documents. Among such documents, signing voter registrations at polling places during elections have played a central roll in motivating adults to learn to read and write.
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