Reading and literacy have always been major parts of education. Without the ability to read and comprehend the material, its nigh impossible to learn any subject of study. For this reason, I think the Rural Language and Literacy Connections program is very 
important for Nebraska communities. According to “UNL wins $2.74M grant to improve literacy”, from the Lincoln Journal Star, this program teaches language and reading skills to rural, low-income children from ages three to five.
I think this program is definitely something very worthwhile and I think its awesome that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was granted with such a large monetary grant from the U.S. Department of Education to go towards this program.
This is a very admirable feat and I’m a firm believer that a child’s education is extremely important and has a great effect on their future. If young children aren’t given the maximum opportunity for a good education, then where will our future be? The future rests in their hands and the one thing we can make sure they obtain is a good education. The one thing I don’t fully understand is why the only focus of this program is for reading. I would think that other subjects would be as equally important to teach, as well.
The program is to be conducted in Grand Island and includes 200 children and 50 educators. Hopefully this just marks the beginning of a more widespread literacy support program for other low-income children to give them a better start in the world. According to the article, “If children don’t have this background in literacy and the tools they need by third grade, they’ll stay behind, and they may never make that up.” This is a scary thought, because third grade is a very early time, especially considering how much longer they have to gain a better education. This just supports the fact that if a person starts down the wrong path at an early age, its very difficult to get back on course; for example, dealing with alcoholics, drug users, etc. Education is no different.
important for Nebraska communities. According to “UNL wins $2.74M grant to improve literacy”, from the Lincoln Journal Star, this program teaches language and reading skills to rural, low-income children from ages three to five.I think this program is definitely something very worthwhile and I think its awesome that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was granted with such a large monetary grant from the U.S. Department of Education to go towards this program.
This is a very admirable feat and I’m a firm believer that a child’s education is extremely important and has a great effect on their future. If young children aren’t given the maximum opportunity for a good education, then where will our future be? The future rests in their hands and the one thing we can make sure they obtain is a good education. The one thing I don’t fully understand is why the only focus of this program is for reading. I would think that other subjects would be as equally important to teach, as well.
The program is to be conducted in Grand Island and includes 200 children and 50 educators. Hopefully this just marks the beginning of a more widespread literacy support program for other low-income children to give them a better start in the world. According to the article, “If children don’t have this background in literacy and the tools they need by third grade, they’ll stay behind, and they may never make that up.” This is a scary thought, because third grade is a very early time, especially considering how much longer they have to gain a better education. This just supports the fact that if a person starts down the wrong path at an early age, its very difficult to get back on course; for example, dealing with alcoholics, drug users, etc. Education is no different.
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