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The Teachers & Writers Collaborative (T&W), a nonprofit organization founded in 1967, sends writers into schools to give writing workshops and publishes books and a magazine on the teaching of imaginative writing. Its Center for Imaginative Writing is a resource library and meeting place for educators, writers, and students in the Greater New York City area and a link to teachers and writers across the country. Much of T&W's work explores the connections between writing and reading literature, in the belief that early exposure to the art of writing helps young people become not only better students but also lifetime readers and writers.
Thomson Newspapers publishes newspapers in both the United States and Canada. Believing that literacy and the habit of reading are vital to the health of a democratic society and its press, Thomson Newspapers offers, through its member newspapers, three literacy programs: (1)"Newspapers in Education," which includes teacher training for university credit, workshops in schools, summer camp programs and summer projects, student editorial and Design-an-Ad contests, high school student newspaper publications, youth pages, and support of libraries; (2) "Adult Literacy," which is designed to break the chain of illiteracy that passes from generation to generation and includes training programs for literacy tutors (among them the tutors of inmates of correctional institutions) and sponsorship of local, national, and international literacy events; and (3) "Family Focus," which emphasizes--in coordination with local libraries--family literacy and cross-generational reading.
"Time to Read" is Time Warner's nationwide literacy program. Now in its 10th year of operation, "Time to Read" is the nation's largest corporate-sponsored literacy volunteer program. "Time to Read" trains volunteer tutors and pairs them with adolescents and adults who wish to improve their reading skills. The program uses a variety of Time Warner products--magazines, music videos, comics, television scripts--and a customized curriculum to improve learners' vocabulary skills and develop lifelong reading strategies.
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