In the U.S., 36 million adults lack the basic literacy skills needed to sustain employment -- yet education programs for this group serve only about 1.5 million, and funding continues to be cut at ...
Adult literacy challenges deepen health inequities, limit opportunity and are linked to incarceration. Even so, efforts to ...
For the last 40 years, the READ adult literacy program has served more than 400 Northeast Michigan residents, helping adults ...
Kalamazoo, Mich. — Experts warn one's literacy level can impact their job prospects, as a result, also impact businesses' ability to hire qualified and competent employees. Research from the Kalamazoo ...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twenty-nine percent of American adults performed at the lowest level for numeracy on a major international study, according to a new report released today by the National ...
This is the final report in a four-part series on adult education. Low literacy rates for adults can have wide-ranging effects on those around them. They may rely more heavily on government services; ...
Why 36 million American adults can't read enough to work — and how to help them In the U.S., 36 million adults lack the basic literacy skills needed to sustain employment -- yet education programs for ...
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 ...