July 20, 2019
Read One Giant Leap : Part 1 » The designers of the rocket used to go to the moon had to change their plans often. The lead designer, Wernher Van Braun, originally wanted to build a rocket called the “Nova” with eight giant engines (the eventual rocket we used, the …
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July 20, 2019
“Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.” Wernher Von Braun In October of 1957, a small metal ball named Sputnik changed the world. With its launch, the gauntlet was thrown down and the Space Race had begun. For the next decade, the US and …
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July 16, 2019
Seeds of Literacy is in the news again. This time, it’s a piece from Columbus reporter Lisa Rantala. The story focuses on Seeds student Erica McCrary, a student who graduated high school without the ability to read or do basic math. The story is part of Rantala’s “Scoring Our Schools”, …
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July 11, 2019
Students come to Seeds most often for their High School Equivalency, but sometimes, they find a new passion along the way. For many of them, it’s creative writing. That’s certainly the case for the six Seeds students whose work was just published in Women’s Perspectives, a national journal of creative …
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July 03, 2019
It’s easy to be pessimistic about literacy in America these days. We’re reading less than we used to, and even a cursory visit to this site will tell you that adult literacy statistics in the city of Cleveland are grim. But there are reasons to be optimistic. As Jordan Weissmann …
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July 02, 2019
It’s common at Seeds for new students to ask us, “When do we have summer break?” The answer is: we don’t! Outside of a day or two off for Independence Day, Seeds keeps its classes going all summer long. We feel we have a compelling reason not to have a …
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July 01, 2019
Wednesday evening, in the auditorium of The Centers for Families and Children on Euclid Avenue, Seeds celebrated the successes of the Class of 2019. At 51 graduates, this is the second-largest graduating class since the GED went computer-only in 2014. Among the graduates were longtime Seeds students like Rose Copley, …
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June 26, 2019
Sure, Clevelanders love the Rock Hall, the West Side Market, and the Guardians of Transportation. But in terms of city landmarks, you can’t beat Terminal Tower. It’s our most distinct and easily recognizable skyscraper, featured regularly in TV shows and movies set in The Land. That’s why we see it …
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June 17, 2019
At Seeds, our budget comes from donations. So when it comes to raising money-sometimes we have to get crafty. And what better way to do that … than with craft beers? That’s what we’re doing this Tuesday at the Sip for Seeds and Book Swap at Bookhouse Brewing! Bookhouse will …
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June 17, 2019
Cleveland, OH (June 17, 2019) – Bonnie Entler, Executive Director of Seeds of Literacy, was named to Northeast Ohio’s 2019 Notable Women in Education list by Crain’s Cleveland Business. The list features female leaders in the education sector, including teachers, coaches, and administrators, spanning K through 12 to higher education. …
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