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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.
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]
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. The program ...
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.
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.
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.
OCTAE's director has the rank of Assistant Secretary and serves as the principal adviser to the Secretary of Education on matters related to high school, career technical and adult education and lifelong learning as well as community colleges, workforce and economic development. He or she also represents the Department at national and ...