I had exciting news for my students. I had found someone who could teach them to read. This was late in the aughts, when I had just begun working with adults who couldn’t read. I had no materials, no ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. They never got the help they needed with learning disabilities. Or they came to this country without the ability to read English. Or they graduated from ...

Seven women spend two hours every Tuesday morning wrestling with the inconsistencies of the English language in a small classroom on the second floor of the new North Boulder Library. Instructor ...

Census data shows that 40% of adults in Odessa and Midland have, on average, limited English proficiency. This limits nearly 72,000 of adults’ abilities to read, write, speak, and understand the ...

Despite efforts across various sectors, adults throughout California continue to struggle to access education opportunities that can be critical for their family’s economic mobility. The panel at ...

Adult education classes offer a lifeline for Californians who want to get their high school diploma or GED, acquire training for a career, hone their English skills or study for their citizenship test ...

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