How to Use literacy in a Sentence

literacy

noun
  • Their goal is to achieve basic literacy.
  • The program is intended to promote adult literacy among people who have had very little schooling.
  • The school literacy coach happens to be in my classroom.
    Nick Fuller Googins, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • This is a good starter kit for literacy skills, and many more are available, including ones for kids up to age 10.
    Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The board now plans to hold a work session on early literacy in 2023, according to Kolb.
    Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Civic engagement is the heart and soul of The Times’ literacy and literary programs.
    Donna Wares, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The other three goals address literacy and math scores.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2024
  • When the Taliban took back control of the government in 2021, Durrani knew that arming girls with even the most basic literacy could put her own life at risk.
    Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The lowest rating the district got was a three-star rating in early literacy.
    Alyssa Alfano, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Volunteers can help their adult neighbors along the South Shore achieve and improve their literacy.
    Katie Mogg, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The iPhone, at nearly two decades old, may not be the hottest tech anymore, but has any invention since the printing press done more to encourage literacy?
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The big picture: The city deployed reading tutors at 10 schools last year in an effort to boost flagging literacy rates.
    Arika Herron, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Your child doesn’t need a fancy game with cartoon characters to be taught math or literacy.
    Anthony Kinnett, National Review, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Residents reading below the eighth grade level can be paid $10 per hour for up to 20 hours a week to improve their literacy skills.
    Detroit Free Press, 31 Jan. 2023
  • And in older grades, teachers often are not trained in literacy.
    Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Isobe explains that with the growth of literacy in Japan during the Edo period, the number of private diarists increased.
    Kim Beil, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But the infusion of cash, and financial literacy courses offered through the program, has helped her with some firsts.
    Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Not only is this a top tourist spot, but the site is also a center for marine research, ocean literacy, and climate activism.
    Bianca Bujan, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
  • One of the problems with modern discourse about attention spans is that a lot of it is secretly a judgment of literacy.
    Vulture, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Like Thompson, letters sent to the Washington Post complained about the lack of radio literacy.
    Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The bill calls for 120 literacy coaches and grants for families to hire tutors to assist students with reading.
    Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Financial literacy courses can teach you the best way to save, invest, and budget your spending.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The literacy rate in the Palestinian territories is among the highest in the world — more than 97 percent — but even in this milieu, Ramallah Friends shined.
    Rozina Ali, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Bilal and Millings agree that money and financial literacy have not been talked about enough in the Black community.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 15 June 2023
  • The hard skills small businesses hoard the most are data literacy skills (42%) and IT automation (38%).
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Studies have shown that kids enrolled in full-day offerings make greater advances in literacy than those enrolled in half-day ones.
    Keija Parssinen, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The baby bonds could be used to create wealth as soon as the child becomes an adult and may be used to introduce residents to financial literacy.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Future jobs will demand strong literacy skills, and Kentucky is not prepared, Pruitt said.
    Mandy McLaren, courier-journal.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Children pick up basic literacy within a month or two of using GraphoGame.
    WIRED, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The manual supports youth in developing body literacy and agency and prepares them to advocate for themselves in sexuality, healthcare, and life.
    Essence, 22 Oct. 2024

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