Adult literacy challenges deepen health inequities, limit opportunity and are linked to incarceration. Even so, efforts to ...

For the last 40 years, the READ adult literacy program has served more than 400 Northeast Michigan residents, helping adults ...

Nearly one in five Fort Bend County adults struggle with basic reading proficiency, according to data from the National Center for Educational Statistics. It’s also estimated that about 13% of the ...

Literacy is a basic human right, it is something that empowers a person and it liberates a person. That power, of being able to learn and grow and connect, I just don't think there's anything like it.

In a potential landmark ruling, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held this week that access to a basic minimum education “that can plausibly impart literacy” is a fundamental, Constitutionally ...

The Horry County Literacy Council is improving the lives of youth, adults, and families by teaching basic literacy and life skills. They give free tutoring for children and adults. They have programs ...

A friend of mine, a young mother, vented her frustration on Facebook. “In today’s day and age it’s not hard to spend a bit of time looking at the sources,” she wrote. That sounds plausible — until you ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Around 22% of residents in Palm Beach County aged 16 and older lack basic literacy skills, according to the National Center for Education Statistics 2023 estimate. The ...

Everywhere in our economy, there are shortages – in skills, workers and opportunities. Employers say they can’t find the workers they need. And yet, tens of millions of workers are stuck in low-wage, ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University and the Kalamazoo Literacy Council (KLC) are bringing together educators, volunteers, tutors, students and community members for a free annual symposium ...