Who invented the alphabet, and why? First, the hard facts: The earliest evidence of what’s thought to be the world’s first alphabet is a group of 3,500-year-old inscriptions found in Egypt’s Sinai ...

An A to Z list of world problems that could be eased by being able to read is at the heart of a campaign launched in the U.K. today to promote Project Literacy, an international initiative to raise ...

So begins the alphabet of illiteracy, part of a new global campaign to urge world leaders to take action on illiteracy. The campaign uses each letter of the alphabet to highlight an issue that could ...

Who invented the alphabet, and why? First, the hard facts: The earliest evidence of what’s thought to be the world’s first alphabet is a group of 3,500-year-old inscriptions found in Egypt’s Sinai ...

On the road to Chennakeshavapura, a helpful sign on a stone identifies the village as CK Pura for short, but that message is lost on many illiterate residents. For them, reading and writing matters ...