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Articles in January, 2005 issue of Report on Literacy Programs

• The Education Department (ED) has announced the Early Reading First grant competition, with $104 million available for 139 three-year grants to local agencies.(Funding Opportunities)
• Libraries to close.(Salinas, California)(Brief Article)
• By the numbers.(George W. Bush's aid to adult education)(Brief Article)
• Bush proposes increased Pell Grant; democrats, advocates look for more.
• House Republicans introduce bill to reauthorize welfare program.(Personal Responsibility Work and Family Promotion Act of 2005)
• Spellings enjoys strong support in Senate confirmation hearing.(Margaret Spellings, Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions)
• New House appropriations chairman looks to 'rein in' federal spending.(representative Jerry Lewis)
• Senate names leaders, members to Committees for 109th Congress.
• Bush unveils high school reform plan focusing on assessment, intervention.
• Library grants.(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Staying Connected program)(Brief Article)
• Bush promises immigration reform as a top priority for second term.(Brief Article)
• Teacher awards.(Association for Career and Technical Education)(Brief Article)
• HHS: head start is not meeting goals for school readiness.(Health and Human Services Department)(Brief Article)
• New leadership.(Slants & Trends)(Brief Article)
• Colorado Task Force proposes changes for State's Community College System.(Brief Article)
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• Collaboration would benefit both adult, developmental education.
• Scholarships for illegal aliens.(in Arkansas)(Brief Article)
• New toolkit.(National Center for Family Literacy and the Center for Applied Linguistics' instructional tool)(Brief Article)
• Calendar.(National Center for Family Literacy's workshop)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
• Funding for literacy-related programs.(statistics)(Illustration)
• Children's literacy summit.
• Research project.
• Florida Literacy Coalition trains staff at hospitals to help with ELL patients.(Brief Article)
• Fewer welfare recipients are working, new data show.(Brief Article)
• Attention book clubs.(Boston Adult Literacy Fund's fund raising events)(Brief Article)
• First hurdle cleared.(Margaret Spellings wins approval from Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee)(Brief Article)
• Minimum wage.(laws in Illinois, New York, Vermont, Washington, Florida and Nevada)(Brief Article)
• House education leaders introduce job training bills as Congress opens.
• Florida pre-K.(Voluntary Prekindergarten Education)(Brief Article)