179 Quotes About Literacy

Literacy isn't just about reading, writing, and comprehension. It's about culture, professionalism, and social outlook.

I think scientists have a valid point when they bemoan the fact that it's socially acceptable in our culture to be utterly ignorant of math, whereas it is a shameful thing to be illiterate.

...we're also extremely sensitive to the difference between literacy and ideology. It is our belief that the first helps to thwart intolerance, challenge dogma, and reinforce our common humanity. The second does the opposite.

Just a thought.What sets us above all other life on this planet is our ability to read. What we read can determine our relationship with all other life on this planet.

There is no such thing as a leap into literacy.

Me no read good.

Kids had made fun of him in elementary school because his father wanted him to be literate, not just functionally literate, or 'iconerate,' the new term for those who went through life using only symbols and key words for written communication.

Civilization begins when everyone eats.Democracy begins when everyone reads.

You must cultivate ecological literacy among the people.