January 03, 2025
When you volunteer as a GED Tutor at Seeds of Literacy, you can earn service learning credits AND build your resume with volunteer experience. We know what you’re thinking…. Me? Be a Tutor? Well…I would…but…. What’s in it for me? Here’s the deal: not only is this a great boost …
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November 21, 2024
~Understanding the Adult Ed Alphabet Soup~ ~ Revised November 21, 2024. Originally posted November 8, 2017 ~ Most people have childhood memories of letter-shaped SpaghettiOs® or alphabet soup, quick, and inexpensive warm meals served by busy parents. But as adults, the term “alphabet soup” takes on a far less nostalgic …
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October 28, 2024
Pictured left to right: Chris Richards, Todd Seabrook, Alex Ippolito CLEVELAND, OHIO – October 2024 – At this year’s annual Ohio Association for Adult and Continuing Education (OAACE) conference and awards ceremony, held over two days in Columbus, Seeds of Literacy celebrated remarkable achievements, earning top awards in every category …
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August 26, 2024
[2024-08-30] CLEVELAND – Seeds of Literacy now offers an inclusive online experience, ensuring that website visitors can access content and services without barriers. As part of a commitment to diversity and inclusion, Seeds has implemented Recite Me assistive technology on the website. This allows visitors to customize their digital experience …
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May 01, 2024
WHEN WE READ, DO WE LEARN HOW TO PREDICT? That was the question researcher Brittany Finch set out to investigate. The PhD candidate at Michigan State University specializes in cognitive science and second language studies. If Brittany’s hypothesis is correct, literacy levels directly influence one’s capacity to anticipate words during …
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April 22, 2024
Each year, staff members are tasked with highlighting a tutor for National Appreciation Week. And each year, they refuse, insisting that ALL of our tutors are important, and it’s impossible to pick just one. They’re right. So here are four volunteers to represent ALL of our treasured tutors. Each time …
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April 01, 2024
The month of April is National Poetry Month, 30 days of celebrating a broad range of prose that evokes emotion in readers. From tragic ballads like Poe’s Annabel Lee and Shakespear’s powerful sonnets, to the epic masterpieces like Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey, and the short-form Haiku, poetry offers …
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March 01, 2024
Entrepreneur Bette Nesmith Graham, a GED Grad and Secretary-Turned-Inventor In 1951, Bette Nesmith Graham, a GED graduate, faced a challenge at work. While she excelled as a secretary, her typing skills fell short, especially with the advent of electric typewriters. Fearing job loss, she sought a solution to correct errors …
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February 27, 2024
One of the best things a tutor can do for a student is allow them a quiet moment to mull over lessons and figure out problems. It’s not always easy to do: as social creatures, silences can feel uncomfortable and we have a compulsion to say something to fill them …
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February 12, 2024
2024 is here, and February brings with it Black History Month, a time to for us to highlight to African Americans who had outsized or underappreciated contributions to our great nation. This month, Seeds of Literacy will release a new video each week to talk about a different story. We’ve …
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