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Beginning in 1971, the National Endowment for the Humanities initiated an experimental adult education program consisting of grants to the states to promote state-based programs of informal adult education in the humanities. [3] The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities came into existence in 1972, as the 17th program of its kind in the United ...
The project was a response to legislation in Southern states which required literacy and interpreting various portions of the US Constitution in order to be allowed to register to vote. These laws were used to disenfranchise black citizens. Citizenship Schools were based on the adult literacy programs Clark and Robinson had developed at Highlander.
The adult literacy rate is 86%, which means 750 million adults lack basic literacy skills. There are 92 literate women for every 100 literate men globally, and in low-income countries, as few as 77 literate women for every 100 literate men. The literacy rate is expected to continue to grow steadily in countries in all income groups. [58]
The Reader's Route, a literacy program offered by the Adult Education division of Danville Area Community College, has received a $63,754 Fiscal Year 2023 state literacy program grant.
For those with enrollment questions, contact Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center's Program Coordinator Andrea De Jong, Program Coordinator at [email protected] or 432-682-9693.
In this study, immigrants are over-represented in the low English literacy population. Adults born outside the U.S. make up 34% of adults with low literacy skills while making up only 15% of the population. However, of the adults with low English literacy skills, 66% were born in the U.S. [58]
ProLiteracy, also known as ProLiteracy Worldwide, is an international nonprofit organization that supports literacy programs that help adults learn to read and write. [1] [2] Based in Syracuse, New York, [3] ProLiteracy has slightly less than 1,000 member programs in the U.S. and works with 21 partners in 35 developing countries.
In 2021, during its National Summit on Adult Literacy gala at Kennedy Center, [24] the foundation announced its "National Action Plan for Adult Literacy", and First Lady Jill Biden paid tribute to founder Barbara Bush, stating that her work for literacy would "change lives for decades to come." [25] Barbara Bush in the White House Library