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Since it was established, the Foundation has funded grass roots literacy programs that have helped 200,000 adult Virginians learn to read. When the VLF was started, the organization supported 34 community- and faith-based literacy organizations across Virginia who served a total of 1,400 adults.
The 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) provided detailed information on the skills of the adult population as a whole. The survey interviewed about 26,000 people aged 16 and older: a nationally representative sample of about 14,000 people and an additional 12,000 surveys from states which opted into state-level assessments.
The School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) is the University of Virginia's adult continuing education and distance learning program. It reaches about 15,000 non-traditional students annually at academic centers located in Charlottesville, Hampton Roads, Northern Virginia, Quantico, Richmond, Roanoke, and Southwest Virginia. Other ...
Gallup principal economist Jonathan Rothwell assessed results collected by PIAAC during 2012 - 2017 for a 2020 economic impact analysis [9] commissioned by the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, [10] surmising that, of the 33 OECD nations surveyed, the U.S. had placed sixteenth for literacy, with about half of Americans surveyed, aged ...
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.
Included the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, which provided grants to states to create adult literacy programs. Pub. L. 113–128 (text) 2014 (No short title) Extended the Higher Education Act through FY2015. Pub. L. 113–174 (text) 2015 STEM Education Act of 2015: Funded STEM education in schools. Funded fellowships for STEM teachers.
At the global level, the youth literacy rate is expected to reach 94% by 2030 and the adult literacy rate 90%. In low-income countries, less than 70% of adults and slightly more than 80% of youth aged 15 to 24 years are projected to have basic literacy skills by 2030.
The Richmond Adult Career Development Center is an alternative school located in Richmond, Virginia, United States, and is part of the Richmond Public Schools system. The ACDC was established in 1975 and is a non-traditional public school providing all age groups access to programs that may help satisfy certain aspects of their formal educational. [1]