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In a survey of 31 countries, adult literacy largely stagnated or declined in the last decade, falling notably in the United States, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found. And ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A non-profit that helps adults and kids learn reading skills is expanding. Sherri Bloch and her husband Larry Budahl recently browsed the shelves at Reach Literacy for the ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Local organizations share how they are working to improve literacy, because the ability to read, write, and work with numbers can significantly impact all aspects of ...

Days before New York City’s final budget for the next fiscal year is due, both advocates and City Council members are urging that funding be maintained to reach a similar number of students served in ...

Living in a digital world means more and more information comes to us through our smartphones, websites, even in books and magazines. It’s a lot! Now imagine how much you would be missing if you ...

Adults in Oklahoma who started college but didn’t finish now have a second chance to earn their degree. The Reach Higher program, managed by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, offers ...

When Ahmed arrived in the United States from Somalia seven years ago, he’d never been to school. He could read the Quran in Somali, but he didn’t know a word of English or even how to read the ...