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  2. Virginia Literacy Foundation - Wikipedia

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    Despite a 25-year effort by the VLF and the organizations it supports to teach literacy skills to adults, Virginia still has 853,786 adults who never completed high school (2006 US Census American Community Survey). One out of five adults is considered functionally illiterate, and 662,715 lack basic prose literacy skills.

  3. Jeannie Baliles - Wikipedia

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    When Jeannie Baliles became First Lady of Virginia in 1986, she immediately named fighting adult illiteracy as a major societal issue that needed to be addressed. In 1987, she oversaw the founding of the Virginia Literacy Foundation (VLF) with founding director Mark Emblidge and has served as its chair ever since. [2]

  4. ProLiteracy - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Literacy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards, as article. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (June 2024) First Lady Barbara Bush with New York City school children at the UNESCO International Literacy Day celebration in 1989 (the same year that the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy was launched) Adult literacy in the United ...

  6. Adult education - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Post-literacy - Wikipedia

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    (1999) ISBN 1-86192-069-5; Srivastava, Hari S. Some Innovative Initiatives in Literacy, Post-Literacy and Continuing Education in Asia. International Review of Education, Vol. 30, No. 3, Adult Education in a Rapidly Changing World (1984), pp. 369–375; Zhu, Qing-Ping and Rong-Guang Dai. Institutions of post-literacy in China.

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  9. Even Start Program - Wikipedia

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    The Even Start Program is a federally funded program in the United States that gives families access to training and support to create a literate home environment and enhance the academic achievement of their children. The program was first authorized in 1988, and administration was moved to individual states in 1992. [1] The program aims to: