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Literacy is tied to poverty

how can we address this in Soo and Algoma region:

Facts:

low literacy leads to high percentages of people on


 * social assistance


 * prison population Connection in cycle low literacy=low employment= low self esteem=low productivty=poor decisions/choices:addictions/crime.

How can we identify those prone to persistent low literacy and assist them to acquire higher literacy skills...
 * homeless

How can we provide more opportunities for students who have different learning styles so that students don't become dead end streamed?

On line learning developments for literacy.

Even if low literacy skills people still need life skills learning

Community based programming used to be designed as one on one learning. Now it's based on small groups so we can get more contact hours which means more funding. In the future it appears that it will be performance-based funding--who will determine the performance base the literacy programs or the ministry? People with learning disabilities need one on one learning but because of a lack of funding for that type of training there is less of it.  I believe that in a just and caring country poverty is everyone’s business. The government should take a five-pronged attack to end poverty once and for all. The five issues are education, literacy, family upbringing, crime and the social net. There should be long term, medium term and short term programs because some changes will naturally take more time than others to come into effect. It would be like a house of cards. You can’t do one without doing all of the five points or the house of cards would topple over and you would be right back where you started from.

Long term planning should be education because I do believe education is the best way to put a big dent into poverty. This is why I believe university and college should be free for everyone. I think your grades should be the only reason you can’t go to university. In the college system everyone should have the opportunity to go to college if they like to go, and there should be support for one-to-one tutoring for people who are struggling with college. Also there should be an education tax on corporations to pay for university and college because corporations get the biggest benefits from us being trained. Education will always be the best way to end poverty. When you come from a poor family the barriers seem to be overwhelming. Even when you are smart enough to make it in university or college you would never put up that kind of money so you have a big debt hanging over your head when $20 is like $200 for you.  ||

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