Articles tagged with: illiteracy

Illiteracy linked to poor mental health

Posted on 7th February 20236th February 2023 in Language and Communication Difficulties, Learning to Read, Reading Difficulties, structured literacy and tagged illiteracy, literacy failure in schools, science of reading, structured literacyLeave a Comment

During mental health week, we think it is important to highlight the link between mental health and illiteracy. Illiteracy causes poor life outcomes, poverty leading to crime, depression and poor health. The Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies of the University of East Anglia have just reported on the global problem of poor mental […]

What if?

Posted on 14th January 202221st January 2022 in Disadvantaged Pupils, Dyslexia, Learning to Read and tagged disadvantaged pupils, disadvantaged students, illiteracy, teach readingLeave a Comment

What if a young illiterate man had not travelled to New York from the Bahamas to find work? What if he hadn’t been rejected from the American Negro Theatre in Harlem because he couldn’t read? What if he hadn’t had to work as a dish washer in a restaurant in New York? What if an […]