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In Remembrance of Ruth J. Colvin, 1916–2024
Ruth Johnson Colvin, a visionary and adult literacy pioneer, passed away August 18, 2024, at 107.
Program’s GED Math Bootcamp Positions Students to Pass
Project Learn of Summit County, in Akron, OH, uses National Book Fund gran to support its math bootcamp program to help students earn GED credential
Tutor Helps Ukrainian Refugees with English Language Learning
Adult literacy and education programs nationwide are an important part of helping the influx of refugees coming to the US by giving them the English language skills that will make the transition here a little easier.
Adult Literacy Student with Her Eye on the Prize Earned GED After 8 Years
When Desire Barb first enrolled at Seeds of Literacy, in Cleveland, Ohio, she was reading just below an eighth-grade level.
Literacy Takes Sharecropper’s Son to Board of Directors
In 2013, at 68 years old, John H. Taylor decided to go back to school. He couldn’t read or write, but he knew it wasn’t too late for him.
Literacy Program Helps Student Pass Military Test
Gerno Allen knew he wanted to enlist in the U.S. Army, but he would need to pass the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a test that measures a young adult’s strength and potential success for military training.
