Welcome to the weekend,
Today is International Literacy Day! Since 1967, UNESCO has marked the eighth of September has International Literacy Day. The designation began after a conference of eighty-eight countries convened in Tehran, Iran, with the aim of expanding literacy rates around the world. Subsequently, that congress asked the United States to proclaim the same, which President Lyndon B. Johnson did, and which proclamation recognizing International Literacy Day you can read here.
Here are five things I thought worth sharing this week:
The Biblioracle is right: We – those invested in the American education and reading systems and realms – should consider orienting reading education around appreciation, in order to teach a love of reading and develop readers.
This very cool portrait of the city of Tenochtitlan in the year 1518.
“If prep is everywhere, can we still recognize it as distinct?” How “preppy” – once the purview of private schools and the Ivy League – became a universal style.
I do love seeing cities continuing to make people the center of the city, rather than cars. This piece looks at a neighborhood group focused on strengthening community bonds by meeting weekly.
What do we want in Anglo-Saxon translation?
Currently reading: “On Keeping a Notebook” by Joan Didion
Enjoy your weekend.
Photo by Thomas Despeyroux on Unsplash
