National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice and Research

A high level of literacy in both print and digital media is required for negotiating most aspects of 21st-century life—supporting a family, education, health, civic participation, and competitiveness ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Learning Sciences: Foundations and Applications to Adolescent and Adult Literacy

This study will synthesize the behavioral and cognitive sciences, education, and neuroscience research on literacy to understand its applicability to adolescent and adult populations. It will review ...
WOOD-TV

Connecting adults with literacy resources

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – For over 50 years, the Kalamazoo Literacy Council has provided free, quality literacy and language services for adults who struggle to read and they’re getting ready to ...
WESH

Adult Literacy League celebrating new cookbook with original recipes, office space

FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS, ONE LOCAL NONPROFIT HAS BEEN USING SERVICE AS A VEHICLE TO BUILD AND EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH LITERACY AND EDUCATION. AND NOW THE ADULT LITERACY LEAGUE IS TURNING THE PAGE ...
ProPublica

America’s Adult Education System Is Broken. Here’s How Experts Say We Can Fix It.

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. They never got the help they needed with learning ...
ProPublica

A Fifth of American Adults Struggle to Read. Why Are We Failing to Teach Them?

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In Amite County, Mississippi, where a third of adults ...