Comments on: Newspapers – A Boon or Bust

By: welakahau

welakahau — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:39:25 +0000

What a great idea for using newspapers. I’m going to start with my kids. Just wish we had a better paper.

By: ainaaloha

ainaaloha — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:02:56 +0000

Aloha Melissa,
Hawai‘i was formally recognized in 1842 as the most literate nation in the world, with an estimated percentage of literacy among Hawaiians to be greater than any other country in the world except Scotland (which had an equal literacy rate). Three out of four Hawaiians could read and write in their own language and record numbers of schools per capita; later, just prior to the opening of the native press, The New York Tribune reported that the literacy of the Hawaiian population had surpassed that of New England and that Hawai‘i had free public schools before the rest of America and that pioneers from Oregon and California sent their children here to be educated.

By: melissa

melissa — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:54:25 +0000

Is that true, that Hawaii was the most literate place in the world? How do you know?

By: amy

amy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:51:33 +0000

I’m a newspaper junkie too and I really like the idea of using them as learning tools.