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 ...

When it comes to adult literacy, not all states are equal. While some people may define literacy in strict terms as proficiency in reading comprehension, there's often much more to it than that. To be ...

The southern region of the U.S. has a lower literacy rate than states further north, data from the National Center of Education Statistics shows. In 2024, 21 percent of adults in the U.S. were found ...

The Redlands Adult Literacy Program relies on its volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring to adults interested in improving their reading and writing. Literacy volunteers also support computer ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A nonprofit that has taught adults in Greater New Haven how to read for five decades announced ...

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 ...

Writing is a core element of the Redlands Adult Literacy Program. This year, nine adult learners from the Redlands Adult Literacy Program at A.K. Smiley Public Library entered the Writer-to-Writer ...

Adult education instructor Cynthia White (right) works on English vowel sounds with a student at the Saginaw Public Library on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Recently-arrived asylum seekers have taken ...

In Santa Cruz County, test scores from the same year show 56.3% of students did not meet the literacy standard. The county ...

Mr C, a 72-year-old patient with type 2 diabetes, is brought to the emergency department comatose with a blood sugar of 29 mg/dL. When seen in his primary care provider’s office the previous day, his ...