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Video featurettes cover a broad broad swath of topics, from Childhood Summers in a Welsh Coal Mining Village to Early School Experiences of Working Class Children in England; the The Origins of "Family Literacy" to What Children and Families Teach Us About Literacy; and from Family Literacy Projects in UN Member States to Family Literacy & Global Peacebuilding.

Women's Federation for World Peace, International: “Family Literacy in the Time of COVID-19: Impacts Now and Moving Forward”

We are delighted to be launching WFWP Perspectives with “Family Literacy in the Time of COVID-19: Impacts Now and Moving Forward” with Dr. Denny Taylor. She is an author, academic and activist. She has been continuously engaged in research with families living in extreme poverty, and in regions of armed conflict and natural catastrophes, since 1977.

Distinguished Alumni Awards, Columbia University: Denny Taylor (Ed.D. ’81, Family and Community Education)

For her vital scholarship on families impacted by armed conflict and poverty, Denny Taylor (Ed.D. ’81, Family and Community Education) received the Distinguished Alumni Award during this year’s Academic Festival. Learn more about Taylor, her career and this year’s other honorees

 

Early Childhood

Childhood Summers in a Welsh Coal Mining Village

In UK Working Class Not Supposed to Go To College

Early Experiences as a Teacher

Teaching Working Class Children in London

Teaching in UK, NZ and Spain: Rejecting US Skill and Drill

The Development of The Concept of Family Literacy

The Origins of “Family Literacy”

What Children and Families Teach Us About Literacy

What Children and Families Teach Us About Literacy

The City Literacy Project and Toxic Literacies

Literacy with African American Families

The Importance  of Teaching Without Testing

The Biographic Literacy Research Project and Teaching Without Testing

Teaching Graduate Students: Challenging Skill and Drill

Teachers as First Responders

Children, Families and Teachers After Catastrophic Events

Hurricane Sandy (October 2012), Sandy Hook (December 2012)

Field Research in the Aftermath of Catastrophic Events

Hurricane Katrina: First Responder in Shelters and Schools

Climate Change: Relationships Between People and the Planet

Garn Press: Supporting Writers of Conscience

Founding of Garn Press

Publishing at Garn Press

Garn Supports Teachers & Scientists

United Nations And Family Literacy

Family Literacy Projects in UN Member States

Armed Conflict, Climate Change and Mass Migration

Family Literacy: A Portal for Achieving SDGs

Family Literacy & Global Peacebuilding

Impact of AI Technology On Families & Children

Family Literacy Projects in UN Member States