I had exciting news for my students. I had found someone who could teach them to read. This was late in the aughts, when I had just begun working with adults who couldn’t read. I had no materials, no ...

According to the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County, 19% of adults, or about 154,000 - 174,000 people in Fort Bend County, ...

The Adult Winter Reading program will return to the Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring St. For six weeks, between Jan. 12 and Feb. 27, guests age 16 and older will have the chance to enter into ...

While navigating everyday life without digital literacy is becoming harder to do, navigating education without it is becoming impossible. The U.S. Department of Labor even defined digital literacy as ...

A high level of literacy in both print and digital media is required for negotiating most aspects of 21st-century life—supporting a family, education, health, civic participation, and competitiveness ...

Adult literacy advocates won a partial victory this week when the House of Representatives opted not to introduce an amendment to the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) consolidating five federal programs ...

The Redlands City Council declared Sept. 28, 2025, “Adult Literacy Day in the City of Redlands.” On Sept. 16, Mayor Mario Saucedo presented the proclamation to Bill Hatfield, library board president, ...

HOUSTON — When many people hear the word literacy, the first thought is usually related to reading. However, literacy goes beyond that. There are many types of literacy, including financial and ...

Writing is a core element of the Redlands Adult Literacy Program. This year, nine adult learners from the Redlands Adult Literacy Program at A.K. Smiley Public Library entered the Writer-to-Writer ...