Literacy

Susan Stoderl

3 days ago
1 min

Literacy

Visual Literacy Begins with Just a Thirty-Two-Page Picture Book

Visual literacy begins with picture books.

Information Literacy Essential to Combating Fake News in the Digital World

Susan Stoderl

Nov 28
1 min

Literacy

Information Literacy Essential to Combating Fake News in the Digital World

Information literacy has never been more important in the digital world has more information than ever before. However, there is a...

Financial Literacy | Educated Planning Versus Making-Do or Squeaking-By

Susan Stoderl

Nov 21
2 min

Literacy

Financial Literacy | Educated Planning Versus Making-Do or Squeaking-By

How many people really understand financial literacy, or are sure what it is? I admit to being rather ignorant. For most of my life,...

Adult Literacy | Prisoners Are More Likely to Re-Offend with Book Banning in Prisons

Susan Stoderl

Nov 7
2 min

Literacy

Adult Literacy | Prisoners Are More Likely to Re-Offend with Book Banning in Prisons

PEN America, through a FOIA request of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the departments of corrections in all 50 states and the District...

Illiteracy, Crime, Welfare, and Poverty Go Hand in Hand

Susan Stoderl

Sep 26
2 min

Literacy

Illiteracy, Crime, Welfare, and Poverty Go Hand in Hand

Fourth grade is the turning point for achieving literacy in a child’s life. If a child is not reading at a fourth-grade level while in...

Child Literacy | The Pros and Cons of Standardized Testing in Public Education| Part 1

Susan Stoderl

Sep 19
2 min

Literacy

Child Literacy | The Pros and Cons of Standardized Testing in Public Education| Part 1

In the United States, standardized tests in public education have been around since the mid-19th century, when the famous school...

Middle-Grade Fiction Prequel to Literacy Podcast | What Does the Future Offer?

Susan Stoderl

Jul 21
1 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Middle-Grade Fiction Prequel to Literacy Podcast | What Does the Future Offer?

It’s a busy time in this writer’s life. I just finished a prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day’s Work. It is now in an eBook format...

Susan Stoderl

Jul 11
2 min

Beyond the Books Literacy Podcast

Beyond the Books Literacy Podcast | Debuting July 25, 3:00 p.m. on YouTube (@writer_SusanStoderl)

Literacy is no longer defined as just reading, writing, and arithmetic. It now includes digital, financial, and cultural literacy, to...

Calling All Parents | Adequate Teachers' Base Salaries Impact Student Literacy and Test Scores

Susan Stoderl

Jun 27
1 min

Literacy

Calling All Parents | Adequate Teachers' Base Salaries Impact Student Literacy and Test Scores

In an article written by labor economist Eunice S. Han, and Emma García of the Economic Policy Institute, there is a direct correlation...

An Attack on Literacy: Book Banning, Attacks on Teachers and Libraries

Susan Stoderl

Jun 20
2 min

Literacy

An Attack on Literacy: Book Banning, Attacks on Teachers and Libraries

“A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection—not an...

Thirteen Literacies Developed in Grades K-12

Susan Stoderl

Jun 13
2 min

Literacy

Thirteen Literacies Developed in Grades K-12

No longer is literacy defined as being proficient in reading, writing, and arithmetic. Here is a look at the top thirteen. Several have...

Susan Stoderl

Jun 6
1 min

Literacy

Part 4: Beyond the Books Tuesday Blog Series | The Ins and Outs of Child and Adult Literacy

#childliteracy, #adultliteracy, #reading, #writing, #education, #literacymatters, #literacyforall, #earlylearning, #kidsbooks,...

Beyond the Books Literacy Blog | Early Education and the Military

Susan Stoderl

May 30
2 min

Literacy

Beyond the Books Literacy Blog | Early Education and the Military

Having trouble finding a job? You can always go into the military instead of paying for college. Or can you? Noted in its report, Ready,...

Literacy Begins with the First Word Read | A College Education Gives You Much More

Susan Stoderl

May 23
2 min

Literacy

Literacy Begins with the First Word Read | A College Education Gives You Much More

In an April 26, 2023, Washington Post article entitled “A college degree is worth the cost—and then some,” Christopher L. Eisgruber,...

Writing Middle-Grade Fiction | Handling Tragic Subjects

Susan Stoderl

May 19
3 min

Writers-Life

Writing Middle-Grade Fiction | Handling Tragic Subjects

For marketing reasons, I wrote a prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day’s Work, the first book in my Sophia of the Bright Read Sneakers...

Part 1 | Unemployment and Underemployment Can Be Minimized by Reading

Susan Stoderl

May 16
2 min

Literacy

Part 1 | Unemployment and Underemployment Can Be Minimized by Reading

Collins Dictionary defines the word illiterate as "… a person who does not know how to read or write." Literacy affects a human being’s...

Susan Stoderl

May 12
1 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Announcing Upcoming Attractions | A Prequel, Audiobook, and Literacy Podcast

#SophiaoftheBrightRedSneakersSeries, #Prequel, #Literacypodcast, #middlegradefiction, #bookcommunity #booksofinstagram #readingcorner...

Calling all Writers and Readers | Literacy Facts

Susan Stoderl

Apr 25
2 min

Children

Calling all Writers and Readers | Literacy Facts

In our current society, there are many attacks upon our primary, secondary, and college educational systems, book banning, library...

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Prequel to Mission 1: All in a Day's Work, a middle-grade detective book for ages 8-12.